aid and abet
verb/ˌeɪd‿n̩ əˈbɛt/US
Etymology
From aid (“to provide support to, assist, help”) + and + abet (“to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime, incite”).
Definitions
To assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice.
- A bank employee was accused of aiding and abetting the gang of robbers.
- What oppressed Jude was the thought that, having done a wrong thing of this sort himself, he was aiding and abetting the woman he loved in doing a like wrong thing, instead of imploring and warning her against it.
To assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice.
- Murder itself was not more sternly and certainly punished in the State of Maryland, than that of aiding and abetting the escape of a slave.
To be an accessory or accomplice to someone in an illegal act.
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