abetted
Encouraged a crime
Abetted is the past tense of abet, meaning to encourage or assist someone in wrongdoing.
The word almost always appears in negative contexts—you abet crimes, not good deeds: He was charged with aiding and abetting the robbery.
Legal language pairs it routinely with "aided": aided and abetted.
Gave assistance to
- assistedGave support to
- facilitatedMade something simpler
- supportedGave aid or backing
- enabledMade something possible
helped · promoted · fostered · furthered · advanced · spurred · incited · instigated
Crime's willing helper
- co-conspiratorPartner in wrongdoing
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- accessorySupplementary addition
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
connivance · enabler · confederate · partner-in-crime · collaborator · culpable · incriminate · implicit
Supplementary addition
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
perjury · bribery · extortion · smuggling · trafficking · racketeering · obstruction · cover-up
aided
Gave assistance to
- assistedGave support to
- facilitatedMade something simpler
- supportedGave aid or backing
enabled · helped · promoted · fostered · furthered · advanced · spurred · incited · instigated · urged
accomplice
Crime's willing helper
- co-conspiratorPartner in wrongdoing
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- accessorySupplementary addition
collusion · connivance · enabler · confederate · partner-in-crime · collaborator · culpable · incriminate · implicit · tacit
accessory
Supplementary addition
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
forgery · perjury · bribery · extortion · smuggling · trafficking · racketeering · obstruction · cover-up · wrongdoing
abettedhindered
Slowed or obstructed
obstructed · impeded · thwarted · blocked · deterred
abettedprevented
Stopped before occurrence
stopped · barred · prohibited · forbade · interdicted
- aiding and abettingHelping another commit crime
- aided and abettedHelped with wrongdoing