abettor
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9.2
- noun
- /əˈbɛtər/
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cómplice
- Firstly, like any country, Israel has plenty of laws that make aiding and abetting terrorists illegal, no matter what nationality, ethnicity, or religion the particular aider or abettor is.
- aiders and abettors
Examples
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The state of Illinois' severe and irrational restriction on self-defense is an abettor in the terrible attack on Ms. Shepard and her co-worker.
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Democrats and your party's media abettors when a Republican is in the WH!
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Buzz your abettor appropriate now and appeal to them.
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You should absolutely accept a hot and affable abettor.
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The industries and their abettors in Congress and regulatory agencies always believe profits trump all other arguments.
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Aiders and abettors in treason.
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It makes me an accomplice, an accessory, an abettor.
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But the fact that the civilian criminal justice system was capable of handling these aiders and abettors need not have foreclosed the possibility of using the law of armed conflict to handle them.
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The jury found him guilty as an abettor in the robbery, proving he had encouraged the main perpetrator.
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As an abettor, she helped plan the break-in, knowing it was illegal.
Synonyms
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6.7
Person who helps another person commit a crime
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9.9
A person who secretly encourages others to break the law to make them look guilty
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9.3
A person who helps another person commit a crime, for example by giving a getaway car
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9.8
A person who helps someone else commit a crime
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9.9
A person who gets someone to do something illegal, often by paying them
How Complicit
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word abettor comes from the old verb abet, which originally meant 'to bait' or 'to set on', like putting out bait to make an animal attack. So an abettor is someone who 'encourages' or 'urges' another person to do a wrong act.