abet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abet /əˈbɛt/
▶verb (abets, abetting, abetted) (usu. in phr. aid and abet) encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime.
– derivatives
abetment noun,
abetter (also abettor) noun.
abetment noun,
abetter (also abettor) noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. abeter, from a- (from L. ad ‘to, at’) + beter ‘hound, urge on’.
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