Definition for Agent provocateur:

• One who by simulated sympathy &c. draws a person on to use seditious language or commit actionable offence.

Synonyms for Agent provocateur:

• n.

  •hellion (noun)
  • in citer,
  • in-citers,
  • in-flamers,
  • in-flamer,
  • inflamers,
  • in citers,
  • mischief maker,
  • in flamer,
  • rabblerouser,
  • rabble rouser,
  • in-citer,
  • in flamers.
  •person (noun)
  • provocateur,
  • agent provocateur.
  •secret agent (noun)
  • agitator,
  • instigator,
  • rabble-rouser,
  • provoker,
  • radical,
  • spy,
  • ringleader,
  • firebrand,
  • spark,
  • noncooperator,
  • incendiary,
  • goad.
  •stool pigeon (noun)
  • de coys,
  • double crosser,
  • in-formers,
  • in formant,
  • de coy,
  • in-formants,
  • whistle-blowers,
  • in-formant,
  • in-former,
  • whistleblowers,
  • doublecrosser,
  • police informers,
  • in formants,
  • de-coys,
  • deep throats,
  • whistle blower,
  • rat finks,
  • de-coy,
  • in formers,
  • whistle blowers.
  •troublemaker (noun)
  • bad actor,
  • phonies,
  • hellion.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • detection,
  • Amber alert,
  • Neighborhood Watch,
  • roadblock,
  • fingerprint,
  • APB,
  • surveillance,
  • law enforcement,
  • watchdog,
  • mug shot,
  • Policing,
  • rogues' gallery,
  • polygraph,
  • pat down,
  • frisk,
  • forensic,
  • manhunt,
  • electronic monitoring,
  • entrapment,
  • E-FIT,
  • evidence,
  • checkpoint,
  • all-points bulletin,
  • dragnet,
  • composite,
  • forensics,
  • clampdown,
  • patrol,
  • strip search,
  • stakeout.
  •
  • tail,
  • print,
  • police.
  •
  • clue,
  • clean up.
  •
  • tag,
  • sting,
  • detail,
  • beat.
  •
  • check.
  •
  • lead.

Hyponym for Agent provocateur:

• n.

  • person
    secret agent, operative, intelligence officer, intelligence agent.