abet

/ɐbˈɛt/

/əˈbɛt/

to abet

MAIN VERB

to assist or encourage someone to do something, particularly in committing a wrongdoing or crime

to encourage or support something or someone in doing something

to aid or assist someone in an activity

Examples

1. Utilitarianism also abets the confusion of censorship with private sanction.

2. They abetted the killing of American soldiers in Iraq and continue to do so in Afghanistan.

3. And social learning is also abetted by other adaptations, some of which are quite easy to see.

4. The law should not be aiding and abetting this new intolerance.