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abetment

abetment

1 9.5
Encouraging or helping someone to do something illegal
  • noun
  • /əˈbɛtmənt/
translation icon : incitación
  • Her constant abetment of his reckless behavior led to serious consequences.

Examples

  • His return to Pakistan saw the beginning of the escalation of Pakistani abetment of the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir through the supply of money, weapons, training facilities, and sanctuaries.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The police arrested several individuals for their abetment in the robbery.

  • Legal abetment occurs when someone helps another person commit a crime.

Synonyms

urging
vsabetment
23 3.9

A strong request or feeling that pushes someone to act

implies encouragement of wrongdoing specifically rather than general pressure
incitement
vsabetment
  • NSFW
13 8.1

To encourage people to do something illegal or violent

is general encouragement of wrongdoing without necessarily aiming at violence
inducement
vsabetment
10 6.3

Something that makes someone want to do something

focuses on active encouragement of illegal acts rather than neutral incentives
instigation
vsabetment
5 7.5

The act of encouraging people to start trouble or a protest

involves urging or supporting wrongdoing but is not limited to starting trouble
incitation
vsabetment
1 8.6

An action or speech that urges people to do something, often in a harmful way

focuses on urging to act rather than specifically supporting illegal acts

Antonyms

Making someone less willing to do something by saying you do not like it

How Serious

conspiracy
670 5.5
incitement
  • NSFW
13 8.1
abetment
1 9.5
encouragement
89 1.7

Surface Forms

abetment singular
abetments plural

Morphology

abetment = abet (transparent) = abet + ment

Formed by the verb 'abet' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ment', yielding 'the act or result of abetting' in a standard, regular way.

Etymology

Abetment comes from the old idea of bait, meaning to 'set a bait' or urge someone on, like making a dog chase something. So abetment means helping or encouraging someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.