incendiary
Exclusive: Met supergrass scandal - corrupt private investigators infiltrate witness-protection programme
Police officers knew for years about the crucial security breach – but did nothing
Days after the Metropolitan Police was rocked by incendiary claims that officers took part in a smear campaign against the family of the murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence,The Independent can disclose that private investigators (PIs) were employed by organised crime gangs to try to intimidate witnesses who had agreed to give evidence in high-profile trials.
incendiaryを取り上げます。文中では第2語義の「扇動的な;扇情的な」(『ジーニアス英和辞典 第3版』大修館)という意味になります。念のためOEDもチェックしてみると’ tending to stir up conflict’と記載されていました。(Shou-VR*)