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aid and abet

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

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Instead, the words “encourage and induce” in the law should be read more like intentionally seeking to aid and abet a crime, Fletcher said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023

“Nor will we aid and abet the people trying to misinform you, the American people, by creating a diversion. Not going to do it.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2017

"They certainly don't have any interest or desire in seeing their tools and their technology being used to aid and abet terrorists," Earnest said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2016

Oh yes, there were plenty to aid and abet him; even he could not have held a horse race without someone to race against.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner


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