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▸ noun: 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.
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▸ noun: 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.
Similar:
provocateur,
agente provocatrice,
provoker,
instigator,
troublemaker,
provocator,
trouble-maker,
trouble maker,
agente provocateuse,
provocatrix,
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Opposite:
Types:
undercover agent,
instigator,
agitator,
infiltrator,
saboteur,
disruptor,
troublemaker,
inciter,
more...
Adjectives:
astroturf,
marplot,
conniving,
tactic,
counterfeit,
conspirant,
exploitative,
exploitive,
invasive,
invasionary,
would-be
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