abet

abet (someone) in

To help someone in an activity, usually an illegal one. If you drove the robber's getaway car, then you abetted him in a crime! Everyone thinks you abetted Connie in starting this rumor.
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aid and abet

To assist someone, usually in a mischievous or illegal activity. Gary was arrested and charged with aiding and abetting the jewelry thief. I know other kids aided and abetted Paul in egging our house—he's just the only one who got caught.
See also: abet, aid, and
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

abet someone in something

to help someone in some deed; to help someone do something illegal. Surely you do not expect me to abet you in this crime!
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aid and abet someone

Cliché to help someone; to incite someone to do something, possibly something that is wrong. (Originally a legal phrase.) He was scolded for aiding and abetting the boys who were fighting.
See also: abet, aid, and
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

aid and abet

FORMAL
If someone aids and abets another person, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him. Note: This expression is often used in legal contexts.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

aid and abet

help and encourage someone to do something wrong, especially to commit a crime.
Abet comes from an Old French term meaning ‘to encourage a hound to bite’.
1986 Frank Peretti This Present Darkness She strained to think of…any friend who would still aid and abet a fugitive from the law, without questions.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

aid and abet, to

To assist and promote or encourage something or someone. The pairing of these nearly synonymous verbs, always in this order, comes from criminal law, where it denotes helping, facilitating and promoting the commission of a crime. The verbs themselves are quite old, aid dating from about 1400 and abet from about 1300. Although the term still is principally used in relation to criminal actions, it gradually crept into more general speech, as in “The influx of Canada geese on the golf course, aided and abetted by people feeding them . . .”
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • abet (someone) in
  • abet in
  • make a getaway
  • every horse thinks its own pack heaviest
  • not know what to make of
  • not know what to make of (someone or something)
  • if you don't mind me saying (so)
  • if you don't mind me/my saying so...
  • if you don't mind my saying (so)
  • Would it kill (someone) to (do something)?
References in periodicals archive
Of note, there is not a programming / applications development required course in IS2010, and because most academic programs require at least 120 credits--with the assumption that courses are three credits each "one year" is interpreted by ABET as thirty credits whereas IS2010 would normally be implemented in seven courses (or 21 credits).
IS 2010 and ABET accreditation: an analysis of ABET-accredited information systems programs
A sample of 20 of these universities, by selecting every twelfth university listed by ISWorld, were selected to compare with the 23 ABET accredited IS programs.
An analysis of IS programs accredited by ABET
Work begins with the receipt of a self-study report, submitted to ABET by an accreditation-seeking program.
Who me? A PEV? Yes! ASABE wants YOU as an ABET program evaluator!
To determine the direction technical communication may take, we should first understand the current transformations affecting engineering, particularly the impact of ABET's EC 2000 on engineering education.
Technical communication, engineering, and ABET's engineering criteria 2000: What lies ahead?. (Case History)
ABET, which was founded by the EngineersaACAO Council for Professional Development (ECPD) in 1932, has come to be recognized as a worldwide leader in the accreditation of programs through a rigorous review process, to assure quality and stimulate innovation in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology education.
ABET accredits 4 programs at Princess Sumaya University for Technology
During his stay, Professor Al-Holou conducted a workshop on international accreditation processes in general and ABET accreditation in particular.
University of Detroit Mercy professor joins week-long university accreditation lectures & discussions at ALHOSN University
ABET says that the study establishes a baseline for future assessments and provides information to help mold future accreditation policies.
Engineers well prepared
Nearly all of ABET's accreditation activities are carried out by volunteers--more than 1,000 volunteers, in fact, participate in the accreditation process annually.
Leadership/quality assurance
City resident Kathy Martone, who owed $85 in parking tickets, had her car swiped out of her driveway by police who identified it using a handheld camera equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology, which ironically was originally developed to recognize stolen vehicles, rather than to abet car theft under color of law.
Losing service-oriented police: state and local police departments, once independent and locally accountable, are succumbing to centralized control through myriad federal grants
That's why scientists had expected that bisphenol-A (BPA), an estrogen-mimicking ingredient of polycarbonate plastics and dental sealants, might also abet lupus.
This pollutant fights lupus
"We will not aid and abet child pornographers by publicizing their illegal Web sites," Fisher's spokesman told the Associated Press.
The big block: a secret online blacklist. (Citings)
This assessment has become more immediate for many educators because of ABET 2000 (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), a comprehensive revamping of the way engineering programs are accredited.
Using Portfolios to Evaluate Service Courses as Part of an Engineering Writing Program
As stated in Hooks, "to aid and abet another to commit a crime it is necessary that a defendant in some sort associate himself with the venture, that he participate in it as in something that he wishes to bring about, and that he seek by his action to make it succeed."(4)
Avoiding the Sec. 7206(2) criminal penalty for false/fraudulent return preparation
Central Bank pointed out in this case that in 1957, 1959 and 1960, before the aiding and abetting private right of action was implied, bills were introduced to make it unlawful "to aid, abet, counsel, command, induce or procure the violation of any provision" of the 1934 act, but, as Central Bank put it, the bills prompted "industry fears that private litigators, not only the SEC, may find in this section a vehicle by which to sue aiders and abettors." The legislation failed.(31)
Textualist statutory interpretation kills section 10(b) "aiding and abetting" liability
Abu Dhabi University's College of Engineering received international accreditation from the world-renowned Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) after its success in passing international standards and procedures for ensuring quality education, curricula, learning outcomes and a high calibre of graduates.
ADU's College of Engineering receives accreditation