| 单词 | abet |
| 释义 | abet From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishCrimeabeta‧bet /əˈbet/ verb (abetted, abetting) [transitive]SCCHELPto help someone do something wrong or illegal → aid and abet→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusabet• It has been aided and abetted.• What if these citizens were quietly protected, even aided and abetted, by our elected officials?• The Shawnees, abetted by southern Creeks, were seeking to stem the surge of expansion into their hinterlands.• My negligence abetted the theft of time.• It isn't eased by the knowledge that the bankers who aided and abetted these exercises have suffered as much as anybody.Origin abet (1300-1400) Old French abeter, from beter “to bait” |
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