Provocation, provoke or provoked may refer to:
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Provocation (legal)
In law, provocation is when a person is considered to have committed a criminal act partly because of a preceding set of events that might cause a reasonable individual to lose self control. This makes them less morally culpable than if the act ...
, a type of legal defense in court which claims the "victim" provoked the accused's actions
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Agent provocateur
An agent provocateur () is a person who commits, or who acts to entice another person to commit, an illegal or rash act or falsely implicate them in partaking in an illegal act, so as to ruin the reputation of, or entice legal action against, the ...
, a (generally political) group that tries to goad a desired response from the group or otherwise disrupt its activity
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Provocation test A provocation test, also called a provocation trial or provocation study, is a form of medical clinical trial whereby participants are exposed to either a substance or "thing" that is claimed to provoke a response, or to a sham substance or device t ...
, a way of medical testing for conditions such as an allergy by provoking the immune system's response
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''Provoke'' (album), a 1998 album by Altar and their final release on Displeased Records
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''Provoker'' (band), an American post-punk band
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''Provoke'' (magazine), a Japanese photography and arts magazine, 1967–1968
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''Provoked'' (film), a 2007 British film starring Aishwarya Rai and Naveen Andrews
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''Provoked'' (Henry Rollins album), a 2008 album by Henry Rollins
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''Provoked'' (Sunny Sweeney album), a 2014 album by Sunny Sweeney
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Provoke (horse)
Provoke (foaled 1962) was a British Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers ...
, a racehorse
See also
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False flag operation
A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term "false flag" originated in the 16th century as an expression meaning an intentional misr ...
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