abettor

noun

variants also abetter
Definition of abettornext
1
as in accomplice
one associated with another in wrongdoing the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor

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2
as in supporter
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support without all the neighborhood kids as abettors, I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop

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  1. accomplice
  2. supporter
  3. ally
Noun
  • Officials have yet to announce the charges that Rodriguez and her alleged accomplices will face.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The volunteer accomplices included Bugsy Siegel’s publicist, mobster Meyer Lansky, Pee-wee Herman’s dad Milton Rubenfeld, and Frank Sinatra. Many of the rifles and other arms came from Czechoslovakia, and were used by the Nazis.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of accomplice
Noun
  • This happened right in front of the away supporters who cheered and Spence then whipped his arms up asking for more noise.
    Jay Harris, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But one big question many senators will likely ask is how Kennedy plans to turn around America's eating habits in a way that doesn't hurt U.S. farmers or heavily regulate agricultural businesses that are key political supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of supporter
Noun
  • Distracted by wars elsewhere, his military allies Russia, Iran, and Lebanon's Hezbollah failed to mobilise the kind of decisive firepower that had propped him up for years.
    Jonathan Spicer and Maya Gebeily, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But then the rebels seized an opportunity, capitalizing on a weakened government whose key allies are heavily preoccupied with other conflicts.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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