abetverb [ T ]
uk/əˈbet/us/əˈbet/-tt-to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal:
His accountant had aided and abetted him in the fraud.
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Helping and co-operating
- a good/bad turn idiom
- aid
- assist
- assistance
- avail
- band
- bridge
- give sb a leg up idiom
- give/lend sb a helping hand idiom
- go a long way toward(s) doing sth idiom
- hang
- hang together
- platform
- reach
- run errands idiom
- scene
- see sb through sth
- share a platform idiom
- start sb off
- succour
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Encouraging and urging on
abetment
noun [ U ] uk/əˈbet.mənt//əˈbet.mənt/
Such acts will be treated as abetment to fraud.
abettor
noun [ C ] uk/əˈbet.ər/us/əˈbet̬.ɚ/