'agent provocateur' definitions:
Definition of 'agent provocateur'
From: WordNet
noun
A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts [syn: agent provocateur, provocateur]
Synonyms of 'agent provocateur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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