It's illegal to aid and abet another person in committing a felony.
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Abet
//əˈbɛt//
Synonyms for "abet" (151 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (45)
Verb(20 words)
Related words (75)
Verb(34 words)
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More general
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
67 translations across 23 languages.
Afan Oromo
1 entries- Saaduu verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Bulgarian
3 entries- подбуждам verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- подстрекавам verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- поощрявам съдействувам verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 教唆 verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- 煽動 /煽动 verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Czech
4 entries- napomáhat verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- napomáhat verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- navádět verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- podněcovat verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Dutch
4 entries- aanmoedigen verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- aansporen verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- aanzetten verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- bijstaan verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
Finnish
4 entries- avustaa verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- tukea verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- yllyttää verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- ylläpitää verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
French
1 entries- encourager verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Georgian
2 entries- წაქეზება verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- წახალისება verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
German
4 entries- anstiften verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- aufhetzen verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- ermutigen verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- helfen verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
Icelandic
1 entries- aðstoða verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Indonesian
1 entries- abet verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Interlingua
3 entries- adjutar verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- incitar verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- incorariar verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Irish
1 entries- neartaigh le verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Italian
4 entries- favoreggiare verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- incoraggiare verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- istigare verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- sostenere verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
Japanese
1 entries- 煽動する verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hjelpe verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hjelpa verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
Persian
1 entries- همدستی کردن verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Portuguese
4 entries- ajudar verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- assistir verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- incitar verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- instigar verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Russian
4 entries- нау́ськивать verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- подбива́ть verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- подгова́ривать verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- подде́рживать verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
Spanish
2 entries- ayudar verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- incitar verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Swedish
4 entries- anstifta verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- bistå verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- understödja verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- uppvigla verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
Vietnamese
4 entries- khích verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- tiếp tay verb (to support, uphold, or aid)
- xúi bẩy verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
- xúi giục verb (to assist or encourage in crime)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The company also admitted to violating federal law by “knowingly and intentionally” conspiring to “aid and abet” the dispensing of medication from doctors “without a legitimate medical purpose.”
Source: tatoeba (12218327)
aid and abet
Source: wiktionary
Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
Source: wiktionary
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