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Meanings of abet in English

The act of inciting or encouraging someone to commit a crime.

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Examples for "abetment"
Examples for "abetment"
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However, police said they had arrested a co-worker on charges of abetment to suicide.
Reuters
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With the aid and abetment of a bottle of excellent Montrachet, however, one contrived to worry through.
Red Masquerade: Being the Story of the Lone Wolf's Daughter
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A GERMAN court yesterday ordered two executives of Dresdner Bank AG to serve prison terms or pay heavy fines for abetment of tax evasion.
The Irish Times
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But his family later registered a police complaint against Chakraborty, accusing her of abetment to suicide and other crimes, all of which she has denied.
BBC
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11 Theft may be chargeable on a person who is not the perpetrator; on him, namely, by whose aid and abetment a theft is committed.
The Institutes of Justinian
Usage of abet in English
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But we do, and so far Facebook seems willing to abet it.
Wired
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And know you the doom of all who attempt or abet escape?
The apocalypse reader
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The Chorus consists of captive women, who aid and abet the attempt.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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I hate no one-butI cannot aid and abet the English Church.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
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I won't aid and abet you in any such freak as this.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
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I will not abet you, nor will I encourage any underhanded proceedings.
The Old Stone House and Other Stories
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She even pushed herself between them, but they did not abet her.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
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Who am I that I should abet you in defying their decrees?
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
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Then, with a joyful yelp of enlightenment, he sprang to abet him.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
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Is it not positive treason to aid and abet the king's enemies?
The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
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Your complacency will only aid and abet to our national suicide.
Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
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England and Prussia abet his usurpations, and France the patriotic party.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson / Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of ...
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What can she possibly be to you, that you would abet her flight?
Caleb's crossing
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Still, I could scarcely ask her to abet me in convicting the doctor.
The Man from the Clouds
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Are you going to aid and abet him in his efforts?
Big Game: A Story for Girls
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Let not any of you, therefore, that are near abet him.
The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious: A Reply to the Right Re...
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