Synonyms for agent provocateur
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.
Related words
- Other spellings
- agent-provocateur
Example sentences
- provocateur That person turned out to be a right-wing provocateur.
By length
- 11 letters
- provocateur