abetment
Helping wrongdoing along
Abetment is the act of encouraging, supporting, or assisting someone in wrongdoing.
The word appears almost exclusively in legal contexts, where it describes helping another person commit a crime: He was charged with abetment of fraud.
The more common form is the verb abet, typically in the phrase aid and abet.
Supplementary addition
- accompliceCrime's willing helper
- aidingProviding assistance to
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
inducement · instigation · prosecution · indictment · conviction · culpability · guilt · felony
Fraudulent secret cooperation
- connivanceWillful blindness to wrongdoing
- involvementState of being engaged
- participationAct of taking part
- co-conspiratorPartner in wrongdoing
entanglement · cover-up · enabler · concealment · tacit · implicit · silence · partnership
Provoking unlawful behavior
- instigationAct of provoking action
- urgingStrongly encouraging action
- promptingGiving reminders to continue
- spurringInciting to action
goading · egging on · prodding · provoking · pushing · pressuring · persuasion · inducement
Support given freely
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- helpAssistance given
- backingAid or sponsorship
- facilitationMaking tasks easier
enabling · furthering · advancing · promotion · reinforcement · bolstering · sponsorship · advocacy
accessory
Supplementary addition
- accompliceCrime's willing helper
- aidingProviding assistance to
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
incitement · inducement · instigation · prosecution · indictment · conviction · culpability · guilt · felony · misdemeanor
collusion
Fraudulent secret cooperation
- connivanceWillful blindness to wrongdoing
- involvementState of being engaged
- participationAct of taking part
co-conspirator · entanglement · cover-up · enabler · concealment · tacit · implicit · silence · partnership · collaboration
incitement
Provoking unlawful behavior
- instigationAct of provoking action
- urgingStrongly encouraging action
- promptingGiving reminders to continue
spurring · goading · egging on · prodding · provoking · pushing · pressuring · persuasion · inducement · motivation
aid
Support given freely
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- helpAssistance given
- backingAid or sponsorship
facilitation · enabling · furthering · advancing · promotion · reinforcement · bolstering · sponsorship · advocacy · endorsement
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
abetmenthindrance
Barrier to progress
obstruction · prevention · deterrence · interference · inhibition
abetmentperpetration
Committing an offense
intervention · whistleblowing · denunciation · exposure · reporting
abetmentdiscouragement
Loss of confidence
opposition · disapproval · resistance · condemnation · denunciation