Abet

Published: May 29, 2025

abet

encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense: he was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others.

encourage or assist someone to commit (a crime): we are aiding and abetting this illegal traffic.

This was the answer to a crossword line the other day and it’s been in my head ever since. I realized that I’d heard this term, abet, dozens of times watch reruns of Law and Order but never really knew what it meant.

Cool.

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