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abet

verb as in assist, help in wrongdoing

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The Federal Prosecutor's Office said it considered this to be aiding and abetting attempted murder.

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"And I'm not going to aid and abet them in their efforts to do that."

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Ballmer and the other defendants are accused of fraud and aiding and abetting fraud, with the plaintiffs seeking at least $50 million in damages.

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In ensuing centuries, the U.S. invaded Mexico and annexed half its territory, dispatched Marines to Nicaragua and Haiti and abetted coups from Chile to Brazil to Guatemala.

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Yu cited the language surrounding aiding and abetting immigration in the rule, which she described as similar to how the Justice Department talks about sanctuary cities.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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