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incitement

[in-sahyt-muhnt] / ɪnˈsaɪt mənt /
NOUN
motive
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Reform UK leader Farage claimed the t-shirt amounted to incitement to murder and his party reported it to the police.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Such false accusations—especially those that target a population with collective guilt—came to be recognized in later court cases as key indicators of incitement to genocide.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Rogan also recently mocked what he called the “ridiculous” backlash against Kimmel, noting that “nobody gave a s—t” about it until after a violent incident suddenly transformed it into a supposed incitement.

From Salon May 5, 2026

In July 2023, Liebich was sentenced by the Halle District Court in Saxon-Anhalt to a total of one year and six months in prison without parole for extreme right incitement to hatred, defamation, and insult.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

We were joined for two weeks by Walter, who had been on trial in Johannesburg for incitement to strike while I had been in Pretoria.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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