Provocateur

Tom is a known agent provocateur.

Tom Jackson is an influencer and provocateur paying by the government.

That person turned out to be a right-wing provocateur.

It so happens that this person was a right-wing provocateur.

It so happens that this person is a right-wing provocateur.

It turns out that this person is a right-wing provocateur.

It turns out that this person was a right-wing provocateur.

Near-synonyms: provoker (sometimes synonymous), agitator

Gerard Mortier, an iconoclastic impresario and one of the opera world’s premier provocateurs, will become general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera in 2009.

Cannes is smacking its lips in anticipation of filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore's latest jeremiad against the US administration, which receives its premiere at the film festival today.