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incitee

incitee noun: one who is incited.

Noun

incitee (plural incitees)

  1. One who is incited.
    • Where an inciter incites an incitee to do an act which to the knowledge of the inciter would not be a crime on the part of the incitee on the ground that he has no mens rea but would be a crime on the part of the inciter, the latter is not guilty of contravening sec. 15(2)(b) of Act 27 of 1914.1952, The Digest of South African Case Law, page 29, column 2
    • However, if I urged hon. Members to run outside and rob a bank, I would be guilty of a criminal offence—at least, I would if parliamentary privilege did not apply—as I would be encouraging them to do something unlawful. That, simply, is the common law offence of incitement. / In that case, there is...1996 April 19, David Maclean, quotee, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), volume 275, column 950
    Antonyms:
    inciter

Antonyms of incitee

Forms of incitee

pluralincitees

Origin of incitee

From incite + -ee.

Questions about incitee

What does incitee mean?
Incitee means one who is incited.
What part of speech is incitee?
Incitee is a noun.
What is the plural of incitee?
The plural of incitee is incitees.

Words near incitee in the dictionary

  1. incitations
  2. incitative
  3. incitatives
  4. incite
  5. incited
  6. incitee
  7. incitees
  8. inciteful
  9. incitement
  10. incitements
  11. inciter

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