Meaning & use
Abetment
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The act of encouraging, assisting, or instigating another person to commit a crime or wrongdoing.
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The court found him guilty of abetment after he supplied the tools used in the robbery.
Abetment of suicide is a specific criminal offense in several legal codes.
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Abetment is closely related to the phrase 'aiding and abetting', commonly used to describe helping someone commit a crime.
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