Instigate comes from the Latin word instigare “to incite.” When you instigate, you start something. People who are instigators often begin trouble but then back off and let others break the rules. The word sometimes carries conflict with it.
MEANING:
1. To provoke or stir up, bring about or initiate (an action or event).
2. Incite someone to do something, especially something bad
EXAMPLE:
1. Hoodlums are always instigating violence in the environment
2. The Labour Chairman instigated men to refuse allegiance to the civil powers
