noun
criminal instigation; the crime of instigating another to commit a crime
A legal term for the offense of inducing someone else to commit a crime. Used in criminal law contexts.
教唆罪で起訴された。
He was indicted for criminal instigation.
教唆罪が成立するには、相手が実際に犯罪を実行することが必要だ。
For criminal instigation to be established, the other party must actually commit the crime.
共犯 (complicity) is a broader term for participating in a crime with others, whereas 教唆罪 specifically refers to inducing someone else to commit a crime.
Compound of 教唆 (instigation) and 罪 (crime). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern legal coinage.