abet
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.
Origin of abet
1Other words for abet
Opposites for abet
Other words from abet
- a·bet·ment, a·bet·tal, noun
- un·a·bet·ted, adjective
- un·a·bet·ting, adjective
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How to use abet in a sentence
With the aid and abetment of a bottle of excellent Montrachet, however, one contrived to worry through.
Red Masquerade | Louis Joseph VanceThen follows a chapter on abetment, in other words, the instigation of a person to do a wrongful act.
Now Esther herself was offering her own abetment in almost the same terms.
The Prisoner | Alice Brown
British Dictionary definitions for abet
/ (əˈbɛt) /
(tr) to assist or encourage, esp in crime or wrongdoing
Origin of abet
1Derived forms of abet
- abetment or abettal, noun
- abetter or esp law abettor, noun
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