Vocabulary
Incitement
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of provoking unlawful behaviour or urging someone to behave unlawfully.
Urdu meaning
بھڑکانا، ا ٓمادہ کرنا، ترغیب دینا، اکسانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Rather than targeting genuine threats such as hate speech or incitement to violence Peca is being used to curb expression of dissent.
- Dr Baloch has been booked under terrorism, murder and attempted murder, incitement to violence and rebellion, creating disorder and promoting racial hatred, and property damage, among other clauses.
- They were taken into custody, and have been charged with a range of offences stretching from terrorism and incitement to rebellion and murder.
- Instead, the state continued to treat the BYC with contempt, and it has now charged its leadership with terrorism, murder, incitement to rebellion and promoting racial hatred, among other things, over one admittedly ill-advised protest.
- While political activists and leaders must be engaging, recourse to incitement and invective only reflects a lack of substance.
Synonyms
egging on, urging, goading, spurring on, motivation, persuasion, inducement, instigation
Antonyms
suppression, discouragement
Curator example
“this amounted to an incitement to commit murder”
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