abettor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of abettor
From the Anglo-French word abettour, dating back to 1505–15. See abet, -or 2
Example Sentences
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Most bills around the country focus on providers or so-called aiders and abettors.
From Seattle Times
Murderers skipped trial without penalty or colluded with judges who were “vigilante sympathizers, if not perpetrators or abettors themselves.”
From Los Angeles Times
That they should emulate this skilled abettor of lies who suddenly realized on Jan. 6 that maybe Trump wasn’t such a great president after all?
From Washington Post
Tokarczuk, who has read Scholem closely, agrees, although her epic tells the tales not just of Frank’s followers, but of his Jewish enemies, Catholic abettors and the many others whose lives he upended.
From New York Times
"The instigator and abettor of this brutal attack is the AKP-MHP government and the Interior Ministry, which constantly targets our party and our members," the HDP said on its website.
From Reuters
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