"aid and abet" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌeɪd‿n̩ əˈbɛt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aid and abet.wav Forms: aids and abets [present, singular, third-person], aiding and abetting [participle, present], aided and abetted [participle, past], aided and abetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: PIE word *h₂éd From aid (“to provide support to, assist, help”) + and + abet (“to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime, incite”). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|h₂éd}} PIE word *h₂éd, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁ewH-|*bʰeyd-}} Head templates: {{en-verb|aids and abets|aiding and abetting|aided and abetted}} aid and abet (third-person singular simple present aids and abets, present participle aiding and abetting, simple past and past participle aided and abetted), {{term-label|en|criminal law|also|by extension in other contexts}} (criminal law, also by extension in other contexts)
  1. (transitive)
    To assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Criminal law
    Sense id: en-aid_and_abet-en-verb-yIJUK-~B Disambiguation of Criminal law: 35 36 29 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 33 34 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 36 34 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 35 34 30 Topics: law
  2. (transitive)
    To assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Criminal law
    Sense id: en-aid_and_abet-en-verb-5w67X9Qj Disambiguation of Criminal law: 35 36 29 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 33 34 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 36 34 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 35 34 30 Topics: law
  3. (intransitive) To be an accessory or accomplice to someone in an illegal act. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Criminal law Translations (to be an accessory or accomplice to someone in an illegal act): auttaa (rikoksen tekemisessä) (Finnish), 공모(共謀)하다 (gongmohada) (Korean), по́могне (pómogne) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-aid_and_abet-en-verb-CfmjhwYM Disambiguation of Criminal law: 35 36 29 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 33 34 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 36 34 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 34 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 35 34 30 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to be an accessory or accomplice to someone in an illegal act': 19 20 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aider and abettor Translations (to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice): 同謀 (Chinese Mandarin), 同谋 (tóngmóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 協助及教唆 (Chinese Mandarin), 协助及教唆 (xiézhù jí jiàosuō) (Chinese Mandarin), hand- en spandiensten bewijzen (Dutch), auttaa (rikoksen tekemisessä) (Finnish), begünstigen (German), favoreggiàre (Italian), 공모(共謀)하다 (alt: ) (Korean), по́могне (pómogne) (Macedonian), być poplecznikiem [imperfective] (Polish), pomagać w przestępstwie [imperfective] (Polish), pomóc w przestępstwie [perfective] (Polish), medverka (Swedish), yardım ve yataklık etmek (Turkish) Translations (to assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice): auttaa (rikoksen tekemisessä) (Finnish), 공모(共謀)하다 (alt: 를) (Korean), по́могне (pómogne) (Macedonian)
Disambiguation of 'to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice': 45 42 14 Disambiguation of 'to assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice': 41 45 14

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Moreover, \"the superstitious\" Fryer Lawrence—a figure of no higher moral standing than a \"dronken gossyppe\"—wilfully aids and abets the lovers [Romeo and Juliet] in their perfidious course of action, using the secret, even occultist, rituals of the Catholic Church to achieve his perverse ends.",
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      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "协助及教唆"
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      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
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      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
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      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
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          "text": "A bank employee was accused of aiding and abetting the gang of robbers.",
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          "ref": "[1892], [Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de] Montesquieu, “Letter CXVI: Usbek to the Same [Rhedi]”, in John Davidson, transl., Persian Letters, London: George Routledge & Sons; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co., →OCLC, page 259:",
          "text": "In my future letters I shall perhaps take the opportunity to prove to you that the more men there are in a state, the more prosperous its commerce; I shall prove as easily, that as commerce flourishes, men increase; these two things necessarily aid and abet each other.",
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          "text": "What oppressed Jude was the thought that, having done a wrong thing of this sort himself, he was aiding and abetting the woman he loved in doing a like wrong thing, instead of imploring and warning her against it.",
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          "ref": "1905 January 12, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “On the Track”, in The Scarlet Pimpernel, popular edition, London: Greening & Co., published 20 March 1912, →OCLC, page 261:",
          "text": "Caught, red-handed, on the spot, in the very act of aiding and abetting the traitors against the Republic of France, the Englishman could claim no protection from his own country.",
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          "ref": "2009, David Salter, “Shakespeare and Catholicism: The Franciscan Connection”, in William Shakespeare, edited by Harold Bloom, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations), new edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloom’s Literary Criticism, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 66:",
          "text": "Moreover, \"the superstitious\" Fryer Lawrence—a figure of no higher moral standing than a \"dronken gossyppe\"—wilfully aids and abets the lovers [Romeo and Juliet] in their perfidious course of action, using the secret, even occultist, rituals of the Catholic Church to achieve his perverse ends.",
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          "text": "Murder itself was not more sternly and certainly punished in the State of Maryland, than that of aiding and abetting the escape of a slave.",
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          "ref": "1964 May 11, In the Matter of SMYTHE, BOWERS, HILLIARD & CO., INC. […] File No. 8-8735: Findings and Opinion of the Commission (Securities Exchange Act Release; no. 7312), Washington, D.C.: Securities and Exchange Commission, page 1:",
          "text": "From about April 13 to about May 17, 1962, registrant, during a time when it was undergoing a change in ownership and management, together with or aided and abetted by Smythe, willfully violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 […]",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "同謀"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "tóngmóu",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "同谋"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "協助及教唆"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiézhù jí jiàosuō",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "协助及教唆"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "hand- en spandiensten bewijzen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "auttaa (rikoksen tekemisessä)"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "begünstigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "favoreggiàre"
    },
    {
      "alt": "와",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "공모(共謀)하다"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pómogne",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "по́могне"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
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      "word": "być poplecznikiem"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pomagać w przestępstwie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pomóc w przestępstwie"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "medverka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "yardım ve yataklık etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "auttaa (rikoksen tekemisessä)"
    },
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      "alt": "를",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "to assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "공모(共謀)하다"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pómogne",
      "sense": "to assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice",
      "word": "по́могне"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be an accessory or accomplice to someone in an illegal act",
      "word": "auttaa (rikoksen tekemisessä)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gongmohada",
      "sense": "to be an accessory or accomplice to someone in an illegal act",
      "word": "공모(共謀)하다"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
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  "word": "aid and abet"
}

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