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TOPIK 6verb

사주하다

sajuhada

사주해요 · 사주했어요 · 사주할 거예요 · 사주하세요

to instigate, to put someone up to (a wrongdoing)

Example

경찰은 누가 범행을 사주했는지 조사하고 있습니다.

The police are investigating who instigated the crime.

Word parts

사 make do주 incite

Literally 'make someone do it by egging them on.'

Good to know

Homonym: 사주 (四柱) is fortune-telling by birth date; 사주 (社主) is a company owner.