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View synonyms for abettor

abettor

or a·bet·ter

[ uh-bet-er ]

noun

  1. a person who abets.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of abettor1

From the Anglo-French word abettour, dating back to 1505–15. See abet, -or 2

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Example Sentences

In fact, the federal government itself may be an unwilling abettor to the fraud.

Of course, old Mole was represented as Harkaway's chief adviser, and his aider and abettor in the late pasha's death.

I have acted as a woman of my rank should act; and I am surprised to find in you an advocate and abettor of misconduct.

If the nurse was the prime mover in the plot Jean was an unrelenting abettor.

Jules Favre proposes to this base Chamber, the abettor of our disasters, the humus of the Empire, to seize upon the government.

Miss Glidden is still bent upon crossing, and your wife is her willing abettor.

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