abettor

Example Sentences

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Anyone who isn’t against this drumbeat of unredressed wrong is exposed as a guilty abettor.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2020

“The aider and abettor is legally responsible for the acts of other persons that are the natural and probable consequences of the crime in which he intentionally participated.”

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2019

In the book, Starr depicts Susan McDougal — who served prison time for her conviction — as a disdainful abettor of the Clintons, a designation that baffles her to this day.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2018

The report says Rodchenkov is “an aider and abettor of the doping activities” and “at the heart of the positive drug test cover-up.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2015

At common law, an accessory implies a principal, and can not be convicted until after the conviction of the principal; the accomplice or abettor can be convicted as a principal.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin