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abetting
n.
state of assisting or encouraging (usually in some wrongdoing)
abet
v.
encourage or help someone to do something (especially something illegal)
Abettor
Abettor (from
to abet, Old French abeter,
à and
beter, to bait, urge dogs upon any one; this word is probably of Scandinavian origin, meaning to cause to bite), is a legal term implying one who instigates, encourages or assists another to commit an offence.
abet
Verb
1. assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
(hypernym) assist
(derivation) abetment, instigation
abet
v.
napomáhat
Abetting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abet
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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