abet a swindler

  • 1abet — abetment, abettal, n. /euh bet /, v.t., abetted, abetting. to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime. [1275 1325; ME abette (whence OF abeter, unless perh. the latter, of… …

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