What is another word for Abetting?

Pronunciation: [ɐbˈɛtɪŋ] (IPA)

Abetting is a word that is often used in the context of crime and wrongdoing. It refers to the act of encouraging, assisting, or supporting someone in the commission of a crime or other unlawful act. Some synonyms for abetting include aiding, assisting, supporting, enabling, promoting, or inciting. These words all imply a degree of complicity in someone else's actions, and can be used to describe the actions of someone who knowingly or unknowingly helps someone else to commit a crime. In legal contexts, the word "accessory" is often used to refer to someone who aided or abetted a criminal act, and could be held liable for their actions.

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Usage examples for Abetting

I went home then, thinking as how they might try me for aiding and Abetting a crime.
"Tales from the Veld"
Ernest Glanville
Shoeki saw from the beginning that progress in agriculture spurs on the development of the secondary and tertiary industries, that is, the city, thereby Abetting the city's evils, which would in the end wipe out humanity.
"Down-with-the-Cities"
Nakashima, Tadashi
I ought to have known you better -give me your hand, old boy, and wish me joy, for with you aiding and Abetting she is mine to-morrow morning.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)

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