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.
He was indicted for criminal instigation.
For criminal instigation to be established, the other party must actually commit the crime.
Compound of 教唆 (instigation) and 罪 (crime). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern legal coinage.