Word Meaning

Meaning of abets

- To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.
- To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.
- To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
- Act of abetting; aid.

Crossword clue for abets

- Aid (felon)
- Aid and ...
- Aid in crime
- Aid in misdemeanour
- Aid, help someone out, assist
- Assist
- Assist illegally
- Assist in a crime
- Assist in crime
- Condone a wager?
- Encourage
- Encourage by aid
- Encourage in crime
- Encourage to do wrong
- Help (criminal)
- Help along
- Help criminals flip tuba, ripping off university for middlemen
- Help in crime
- Help in crime: aid and ___
- Help in crime: aid and —
- Help one gamble
- Illegally assist a wager
- Illegally encourage a wager
- Illegally help
- Incitement
- Sailor and movie alien act as accomplice
- Support one wager
- Take a punt – drive getaway car
- Wrongfully assist rogue as a wager
- Aids (felon)
- Aids illegally
- Aids wild beast
- Assists a burglar escaping the scene, basically
- Assists illegally
- Assists in a crime
- Assists in an offence
- Assists in crime
- Assists in some wrongdoing
- Connives with
- Eggs on
- Encourages in crime
- Encourages wrongdoing
- Helps (criminal)
- Helps as taking on bet might
- Helps sailor set out
- Helps to commit a crime
- Helps to free beast
- Illegally aids
- Illegally helps
- Unlawfully aids
- Wrongly assists
- Wrongly assists to baste liberally