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- DictionaryA·bet/əˈbet/
verb
- 1. 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"
to help or encourage a person or thing to do something, esp. something wrong or illegal: Shady lawyers abetted the company’s officers in stealing the funds. (Definition of abet from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
To abet is to help someone do something, usually something wrong. If you were the lookout while your older sister swiped cookies from the cookie jar, you abetted her mischief. The verb abet can be used to generally mean encouragement, but people usually expect to see it in relation to some crime.
5 days ago · abet in American English. (əˈbet) transitive verb Word forms: abetted, abetting. to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing. to abet a swindler. to abet a crime. SYNONYMS help, aid, assist; promote. ANTONYMS hinder, discourage.
Abet definition: to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing. See examples of ABET used in a sentence.
See abet in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: abet. Definition of abet verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. 1. help, aid, encourage, sustain, assist, uphold, back, second, incite, egg on, succour We shall strike hard at terrorists and those who abet them. 2. encourage, further, forward, promote, urge, boost, prompt, spur, foster, incite, connive at The media have abetted the feeling of unreality.
to help someone to do something illegal or wrong She stands accused of aiding and abetting the crime. Definition of abet verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
