abet
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.
Origin of abet
1Other words for abet
Opposites for abet
Other words from abet
- a·bet·ment, a·bet·tal, noun
- un·a·bet·ted, adjective
- un·a·bet·ting, adjective
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How to use abet in a sentence
“This is aiding and abetting criminal activity,” charges campaign finance attorney Dan Backer, counsel for Stop Hillary.
Hillary’s SuperPAC War Proves Yet Again That Campaign Finance Needs a Fix | Michelle Cottle | January 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAwoonor had driven the friend to Togo only to be accused of abetting the escape of a plotter in an unsuccessful coup.
Kofi Awoonor, the Ghanaian Poet Killed in Westgate Mall Attack | Michael Daly | September 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSimple assault, battery, aiding and abetting, harboring a fugitive, and also obstruction of justice took place.
The Mayor of Monrovia’s Fall From Grace | Clair MacDougall, Wade C.L. Williams | March 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIs there something, er, deficient about the type of guy who earns a living saving lives, succoring the sick, abetting the needy?
Doctors as Doormats in the David Petraeus Scandal | Kent Sepkowitz | November 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis week, Charles Taylor was convicted of aiding and abetting war crimes.
Liberian Nostalgia for War Criminal Charles Taylor | Finlay Young | April 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Indignantly I deny the false statement, charging him with abetting the conspiracy to involve my comrades.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanThis the Persian government considered as aiding and abetting a rebellion.
Xerxes | Jacob AbbottTo be sure, Wench, you must have been aiding and abetting to help him to this Escape.
The Beggar's Opera | John GayIn treason all are principals, and a man may be guilty of aiding and abetting, though not present.
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore ParkerBut we must exonerate the mind of England from the charge of abetting this guilty traffic in human misery.
British Dictionary definitions for abet
/ (əˈbɛt) /
(tr) to assist or encourage, esp in crime or wrongdoing
Origin of abet
1Derived forms of abet
- abetment or abettal, noun
- abetter or esp law abettor, noun
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