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   abet

   /əˈbɛt/

   verb

   • 1. encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime: "he was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others"
   • ▪ encourage or assist someone to commit (a crime): "we are aiding and abetting this illegal traffic"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘urge to do something good or bad’): from Old French abeter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + beter ‘hound, urge on’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abetment noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

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