incited; inciting
: to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
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Examples of incite in a Sentence
The news incited widespread fear and paranoia.
the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours
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Their final report pinned Trump as being at the center of an unlawful campaign to remain in power by pressuring those across government and later inciting a mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol.
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
Zemmour was convicted multiple times of inciting racist or religious hatred.
—Adriana Gomez Licon, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Jailed since August 2023, Khan has been facing dozens of cases ranging from charges of graft and misuse of power, to inciting violence against the state after being removed from office in a parliamentary vote of confidence in April 2022.
—Reuters, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
For example, the report reveals that prosecutors considered charging Trump with inciting that attack on the U.S. Capitol under a U.S. law known as the Insurrection Act.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
Zemmour was convicted multiple times of inciting racist or religious hatred.
—Adriana Gomez Licon, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Jailed since August 2023, Khan has been facing dozens of cases ranging from charges of graft and misuse of power, to inciting violence against the state after being removed from office in a parliamentary vote of confidence in April 2022.
—Reuters, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
For example, the report reveals that prosecutors considered charging Trump with inciting that attack on the U.S. Capitol under a U.S. law known as the Insurrection Act.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Incite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incite. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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Medical Definition
incite
transitive verb
in·cite
in-ˈsīt 
incited; inciting
: to bring into being : induce to exist or occur
organisms that readily incited antibody formation
Legal Definition
incite
transitive verb
in·cite
in-ˈsīt
incited; inciting
: to urge on
incite a riot
incitement
noun
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