incite

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in·cite /ɪnˈsaɪt/ verb [transitiveT] → insight

CAUSEto deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc 煽动，鼓动，激起 → encourage

They were charged with inciting racial hatred.

他们被指控煽动种族仇恨。

incite somebody to do something

a person who incites others to commit an offence

教唆他人犯罪的人

incite somebody to something

There was no evidence that he had incited members of the group to violence.

没有证据证明他唆使该团体成员使用暴力。

—incitement noun [countableC, uncountableU]

incitement to murder

唆使谋杀

Examples from the Corpus

incite• Holland denied that he was inciting a riot.• Both are accused of inciting and participating in the massacre of hundreds of Tutsis in Kibungo in 1994.• Self-defacement, inciting anti-Soviet attitudes, it's all in the penal code.• And both events have further encouraged and incited Arab rejectionists such as Hamas.• His approach has incited even more intense debate among Democrats.• For sure she creates disruption, signifies abnormality, and incites lewdness in others.• The mutiny was not Communist-inspired, but the spirit of rebellion was exploited to incite peasant risings.• Powerful traditions call for its refusal; but nationalist pride may incite people to accept what they would instinctively reject.• Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.• She was charged with inciting the crowd to violence.• Four men were arrested for inciting the riot.• Tribal leaders are accused of inciting their followers to attack rival tribes.

incite somebody to do something• In 1962, Mandela was arrested for inciting black workers to break the law by striking.

Origin incite

(1400-1500) French inciter, from Latin citare “to cause to start moving”

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