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angestiftet

talked into, egged on

→ anstiften
an toward, onto, or into contact + ge past participle marker + stift cause, bring about + et past participle
verb · past tense Rare #47,818
talked into, egged on Often suggests encouraging someone to do something mischievous or wrong.
GE: Sie hat mich dazu angestiftet, länger zu bleiben.
EN: She talked me into staying longer.

Wer hat dich dazu angestiftet?

Who put you up to it?

— Der Club der toten Dichter (1989)

Wer hat Sie bloß dazu angestiftet?

Who on earth put you up to this?

— Malcolm X (1992)

Hast du deine Schwester angestiftet, mit mir ausgehen zu wollen?

Did you encourage your sister to go out with me?

Tom sagt, Johannes habe ihn dazu angestiftet.

Tom says that Johannes incited him to do it.