verb
- past tense of abet; helped or encouraged someone to do something wrong or illegal
Usage: legal context
Examples
- She was charged with having abetted the robbery.
- The witness claimed he had never abetted any criminal activity.
- They abetted the escape by providing a getaway car.
- He abetted the fraud by falsifying documents.
- The accomplice abetted the theft by acting as a lookout.
- She denied that she had abetted her brother’s scheme.