incitement
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
incitement (plural incitements)
- A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion.
- The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least.
Translations
a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion
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