instigation
I
noun
actuation, agitation, animation, cajolery, causation, coaxing, easement, encouragement, excitation, exhortation, fomentation, goading, helpfulness, hortation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitation, incitement, inducement, influence, initiation, insistance, insistence, inspiration, invigoration, invitation, irritation, motivation, persuasion, perturbation, piquancy, pressure, prompting, provocation, solicitation, stimulation, stimulus, suasion, supporting, taunting, urging
associated concepts: accomplice, aiding and abetting a crime, instigation of a crime, promoting a crime
foreign phrases:
- Plus peccat author quam acton — The originator or instigator of a crime is a worse offender than the actual perpetrator of it
II
index
cause (reason), determinant, impetus, incentive, inducement, influence, origination, provocation, reason (basis)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006