Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense abets, present participle abetting, past tense, past participle abetted
1VERB 教唆,唆使,怂恿,伴同(某人犯罪等)(常用于法律用语aid and abet中) If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'. 教唆,唆使,怂恿,伴同(某人犯罪等)(常用于法律用语aid and abet中) [law, formal]
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him. [VERB noun]
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。
We shall strike hard, without flinching, at terrorists and those who abet them. [VERB noun]
2VERB 煽动;促使(坏事等)成为可能 To abet something, especially something bad or undesirable, means to make it possible. 煽动;促使(坏事等)成为可能 [journalism, or formal, disapproval]
The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality. [VERB noun]