Provocation, provoke or provoked may refer to: *

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 ac ...

, a type of legal defense in court which claims the "victim" provoked the accused's actions *

Agent provocateur An is a person who actively entices another person to commit a crime that would not otherwise have been committed and then reports the person to the authorities. They may target individuals or groups. In jurisdictions in which conspiracy is a ...

, a (generally political) group that tries to goad a desired response from the group or otherwise disrupt its activity *

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 ...

, a way of medical testing for conditions such as an allergy by provoking the immune system's response * ''Provoke'' (album), a 1998 album by Altar and their final release on Displeased Records * ''Provoker'' (band), an American post-punk band * ''Provoke'' (magazine), a Japanese photography and arts magazine, 1967–1968 * ''Provoked'' (film), a 2007 British film starring Aishwarya Rai and Naveen Andrews * ''Provoked'' (Henry Rollins album), a 2008 album by Henry Rollins * ''Provoked'' (Sunny Sweeney album), a 2014 album by Sunny Sweeney *

Provoke (horse) Provoke (foaled 1962) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from autumn 1964 until September 1965, he ran seven times and won four races. He won the Classic St Leger ...

, a racehorse

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