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• v  provoke or stir up
• v  serve as the inciting cause of

• The authorities have transferred all inmates accused of instigating the riot to a high security prison.
• The labor union denied the charges that Mr Alan Turner, President of the union, instigated the strike.
• The mediator said she was happy that she could in some ways instigate the conversation.

• incite
• set off
• stir up
• prompt
• inspire

News & Articles

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• New Music: Feli Fame 'Greed Has No Face'
  Rapper turned movie director, Feli Fame, brings his music to the big screen with the release of 'Greed Has No Face', the theme song of his new movie. The film follows the life of a young man (Fame) who pursues a peaceful life with his girlfriend while working at a Laundromat. A love triangle, his boys and an incident at work instigate drama and bring heartache to the neighborhood and Fame has to ...
  June 20, 2013 - Vibe Magazine

Quotes

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• Vladimir Putin in Reuters
  Our targeting of these countries will happen as soon as these missiles are brought,Putin said. "Please do not instigate an arms race in Europe. It is not needed. What should we do? Sit pretty while they deploy missiles?"
• Paddy Ashdown in CNN
  It will mean that Pakistan will fall and it will have serious implications internally for the security of our own countries and will instigate a wider Shiite-Sunni regional war on a grand scale,Ashdown said, comparing its potential scale to...
• Bud Cummins in Forbes
  I just wanted to let you know that a) there may be some stink about this down the road; and b) I absolutely did not instigate or provoke it,Cummins added. "Whatever else happens is entirely their doing."