agent provocateur

2 definitions found

agent provocateur - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  agent provocateur
      n 1: a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit
           illegal acts [syn: agent provocateur, provocateur]

agent provocateur - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "agent provocateur":
     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