abet
IPA: ʌbˈɛt
noun
- (obsolete) Fraud or cunning.
- (obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
verb
- (transitive) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
- (transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
- (obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
- (obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
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Examples of "abet" in Sentences
- They warned not to abet.
- She tends to abet people.
- Why do people offer to abet
- Is it necessary to abet them
- The man was told to abet his enemy.
- She strongly abets the man she hates.
- How many times have you tried to abet
- Suspected with aiding and abetting the murder.
- In the ancient times, it was legal to abet others.
- She is uspected with aiding and abetting the murder.
- They aid and abet, with tax money from our government.
- And the very first item is talking about how the Army is aiding and abetting (did you catch their use of the word "abet"?
- We've looked at every civilian assistance program and contract and we've said, 'look, we're not going to just aid and abet bad behavior.'
- The proposed five-year sentence for those who "abet" a same-sex relationship is greater than the punishment stipulated in the bill for those who enter into a "same gender marriage."
- Thus, the President argued a limited moral case for the merits of the war, a projection of force in self-defense against those who would harbor, aid, and abet those who attacked us.
- * The proposed five-year sentence for those who "abet" a same-sex relationship is greater than the punishment stipulated in the bill for those who enter into a "same gender marriage."
- "It will likely mark a turning point in the government's effort to pursue those who aid and abet organized crime and mark a new low for public trust in the government's ability to address the problem."
- But a vote for him will aid and abet a Democratic leadership that's hell bent on an expansion of government that's a radical departure from the nation's bedrock principles and ruinous in its economic implications.