agent provocateur
person hired to incite a group to do something illegal which will result in their being punished
agent provocateur
Noun
1. a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
(synonym) provocateur
(hypernym) secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
agent provocateur
Synonyms and related words:
agitator, agitprop, capper, catalyst, come-on man, decoy, demagogue, exciter, firebrand, fomenter, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, mischief-maker, plant, provocateur, provoker, rabble-rouser, ringleader, rouser, seditionary, seditionist, shill, stool pigeon, stoolie, troublemaker, urger,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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