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Meanings of abetment in English

Catalan
encobriment

The verbal act of urging on.

        encobriment
        Synonyms
        Examples for "instigation"
        Examples for "instigation"
        1
        We are robust, but there is no tension and instigation of violence.
        The South African
        2
        The project was started at the instigation of the Rape Crisis Centre.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Last night's suspension took place at the instigation of Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
        The Irish Times
        4
        And all by the instigation of a selfish brother, and envious sister-
        Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2
        5
        The fibre revolution we are living through began at Denis Burkitt's instigation.
        The Irish Times
        1
        But we do, and so far Facebook seems willing to abet it.
        Wired
        2
        And know you the doom of all who attempt or abet escape?
        The apocalypse reader
        3
        The Chorus consists of captive women, who aid and abet the attempt.
        Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
        4
        I hate no one-butI cannot aid and abet the English Church.
        Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
        5
        I won't aid and abet you in any such freak as this.
        Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
        Usage of abetment in English
        1
        However, police said they had arrested a co-worker on charges of abetment to suicide.
        Reuters
        2
        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
        3
        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
        4
        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
        5
        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
        Translations for abetment
        Abetment through the time