Incite A Riot

Incite A Riot
"Legal Lexicon":
INCITE A RIOT - Urging or instigating other persons to riot, but shall not be deemed to mean the mere oral or written (1) advocacy of ideas or (2) expression of belief, not involving advocacy of any act or acts of violence or assertion of the rightness of, or the right to commit, any such act or acts. 18 USC

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  • incite — in·cite /in sīt/ vt in·cit·ed, in·cit·ing: to urge on incite a riot in·cite·ment n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • riot — Unlawful assembly which has developed to stage of violence. State v. Lustig, 13 N.J.Super. 149, 80 A.2d 309, 310. The term riot means a public disturbance involving (1) an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of… …   Black's law dictionary

  • incite — /insayt/ To arouse; urge; provoke; encourage; spur on; goad; stir up; instigate; set in motion; as, to incite a riot. Also, generally, in criminal law to instigate, persuade, or move another to commit a crime; in this sense nearly synonymous with …   Black's law dictionary

  • incite — /insayt/ To arouse; urge; provoke; encourage; spur on; goad; stir up; instigate; set in motion; as, to incite a riot. Also, generally, in criminal law to instigate, persuade, or move another to commit a crime; in this sense nearly synonymous with …   Black's law dictionary

  • incite — incite, instigate, abet, foment are comparable when they mean to spur on to action or to excite into activity. Incite stresses stirring up and urging on; frequently it implies active prompting {the riot was incited by paid agitators} {it was just …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • riot — n. 1) to cause, foment, incite, instigate, spark (AE), spark off (BE), stir up, touch off a riot 2) to crush, put down, quell a riot 3) a communal; food; race riot 4) a riot breaks out, erupts 5) (misc.) to run riot ( to act wildly ) * * * [… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • incite — v. 1) (D; tr.) to incite to (to incite workers to rebellion) 2) (H) to incite the populace to riot * * * [ɪn saɪt] (H) to incite the populace to riot (D;tr.) to incite to (to incite workers to rebellion) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • incite — incitable, adj. incitant, adj., n. incitation /in suy tay sheuhn, si /, n. inciter, n. incitingly, adv. /in suyt /, v.t., incited, inciting. to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot. [1475 85; < L… …   Universalium

  • incite — verb 1) we re hoping that last night s incident will not incite altercations in the stadium today Syn: stir up, whip up, encourage, fan the flames of, stoke up, fuel, kindle, ignite, inflame, stimulate, instigate, provoke, excite, arouse, awaken …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • riot — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major, serious ▪ full scale ▪ bloody, violent ▪ deadly (esp. AmE) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • incite — UK [ɪnˈsaɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms incite : present tense I/you/we/they incite he/she/it incites present participle inciting past tense incited past participle incited to encourage people to be violent or commit crimes by making them… …   English dictionary

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