incitement

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Etymology

From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum, from incitō ("urge; quicken; incite").

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/

Noun

incitement (plural incitements)

1. A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

   The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least.

Translations

• French: incitation, instigation
• German: Anstiftung, Verhetzung
• Italian: incitamento, istigazione
• Portuguese: incitação, incitamento
• Russian: подстрека́тельство
• Spanish: incitación

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