incited; inciting
1
: to move (someone) to action : urge on
incited the crowd to violence
2
: to cause (a usually violent action or feeling) to occur
arrested for inciting a riot
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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In 2008, she was fined for a fifth time by a French court for inciting racial hatred against Muslims in France.
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Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
She was convicted and fined five times in French courts of inciting racial hatred, in incidents inspired by her opposition to the Muslim practice of slaughtering sheep during annual religious holidays.
—CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Bardot’s public remarks on immigration, Islam and homosexuality led to a string of convictions for inciting racial hatred.
—Ingrid Melander, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
She was fined twice for public insults and six times for inciting racial hatred for comments about Muslims in France.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
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Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
She was convicted and fined five times in French courts of inciting racial hatred, in incidents inspired by her opposition to the Muslim practice of slaughtering sheep during annual religious holidays.
—CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Bardot’s public remarks on immigration, Islam and homosexuality led to a string of convictions for inciting racial hatred.
—Ingrid Melander, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
She was fined twice for public insults and six times for inciting racial hatred for comments about Muslims in France.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
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“Incite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incite. Accessed 31 Dec. 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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