zhǐ​shǐ

incite

指使 zhǐ​shǐ
incite verb
to instigate or direct someone to do something behind the scenes

Everyone suspects that the bad guy was the one behind him doing this.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
4.71 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
4.11 per million

Sources

Definitions
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