Provocateur

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  provocateur
       n : a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit
           illegal acts [syn: {agent provocateur}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "provocateur":
     agent provocateur, agitator, agitprop, catalyst, demagogue,
     exciter, firebrand, fomenter, incendiary, inciter, inflamer,
     instigator, mischief-maker, provoker, rabble-rouser, ringleader,
     rouser, seditionary, seditionist, troublemaker, urger