incitement.
A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment.
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