instigador

Definitions of instigador
  1. noun
    a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
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    type of:
    cómplice
    someone who helps another person commit a crime
  2. noun
    a person who initiates a course of action
    synonyms: iniciador
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    types:
    agresor
    a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
    type of:
    dirigente, líder
    a person who rules or guides or inspires others
  3. noun
    someone who deliberately foments trouble
    synonyms: incitador, soplador
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    types:
    cabecilla
    a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
    type of:
    alborotador, alborotoso, bullanguero, buscapleitos, follonero, pleitista, revoltoso
    someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
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