were abetting
- past progressive of abet.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Ustenko said American companies were abetting that trade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
The humour of the conception is undeniable, but the whole effect is cruel; and, though greatly amused, the reader feels almost as if he were abetting a profanation.
From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir
She did not expect much from Clay; but it looked as if her father were abetting him in a conspiracy to take an unfair advantage of some civic improvements.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
They suspected that the Albanians of the neighbouring village of Borgo Erizzo were abetting the Slavs.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Baerlein, Henry
Two policemen and two ushers were abetting him further on, where neither his entreaties nor explanations could reach.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
