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abettor

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a⋅bet⋅tor

  [uh-bet-er]
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–noun
a person who abets.
Also, a⋅bet⋅ter.

Origin:
1505–15; < AF abettour. See abet, -or 2
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a·bet   (ə-bět')   
tr.v.   a·bet·ted, a·bet·ting, a·bets

  1. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on.

  2. To urge, encourage, or help (a person): abetted the thief in robbing the bank.


[Middle English abetten, from Old French abeter, to entice : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + beter, to bait; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]
a·bet'ment n., a·bet'tor, a·bet'ter n.
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abettor

in law, a person who becomes equally guilty in the crime of another by knowingly and voluntarily aiding the criminal during the act itself. An abettor is one kind of accomplice (q.v.), the other being an accessory, who aids the criminal prior to or after the crime

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