inciteverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈsaɪt/us/ɪnˈsaɪt/to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent:
She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-Semitic leaflets.
[ + to infinitive ] She was expelled for inciting her classmates to rebel against their teachers.
They denied inciting the crowd to violence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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incitement
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/us/ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/
[ + to infinitive ] They were imprisoned for incitement to commit grievous bodily harm.