deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
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Instigation \In`sti*ga"tion\, n. [L. instigatio: cf. F. instigation.] The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.
The baseness and villainy that . . . the instigation of the devil could bring the sons of men to. --South.
It is an overwhelming probability that the next government, at the instigation of the ANC, will take a tougher line than is at present the case on the related issues of anti-trust policy and the structures of corporate control.
The 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. curfew also was designed to prevent "the entrance of violent instigators ... and of written instigation material," it said.
Many observers believe these bombs, which have caused many casualties, have been set off at Soviet instigation.
At her instigation, NATO leaders held a special summit before Reagan's latest meeting in Moscow with Gorbachev.