diversionist

di·ver·sion·ist

D0302500 (dĭ-vûr′zhə-nĭst, -shə-, dī-)n. One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.

diversionist

(daɪˈvɜːʃənɪst) na person involved in diversion or disruption

di•ver•sion•ist

(dɪˈvɜr ʒə nɪst, -ʃə-, daɪ-)

n. a person engaged in diversionary activities. [1935–40] di•ver′sion•ism, n.

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diversionist - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wreckssaboteur, wreckerruiner, uprooter, waster, destroyer, undoer - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"sleeper - a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal