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English

Noun

A variant spelling of abetter to be preferred in legal documents.

one who encourages in doing bad things.

Translations

ar:abettor fi:abettor vi:abettor zh:abettor

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Abetter \A*bet"ter\, Abettor \A*bet*tor\, n.
One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.
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Note: The form abettor is the legal term and also in general
use.
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Syn: Abettor, Accessory, Accomplice.

Usage: These words denote different degrees of complicity in
some deed or crime. An abettor is one who incites or
encourages to the act, without sharing in its
performance. An accessory supposes a principal
offender. One who is neither the chief actor in an
offense, nor present at its performance, but accedes
to or becomes involved in its guilt, either by some
previous or subsequent act, as of instigating,
encouraging, aiding, or concealing, etc., is an
accessory. An accomplice is one who participates in
the commission of an offense, whether as principal or
accessory. Thus in treason, there are no abettors or
accessories, but all are held to be principals or
accomplices.
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WordNet abettor
n : one who helps or encourages or incites another [syn: abetter]

Moby Dictionary
Maecenas , accessory , accomplice , accomplice in crime , actuator ,
admirer , advocate , aficionado , angel , animator , apologist , backer ,
buff , cajoler , champion , coax , coaxer , coconspirator , cohort ,
confederate , conspirator , defender , dependence , encourager ,
endorser , energizer , exponent , fan , favorer , fellow conspirator ,
firer , friend at court , gadfly , galvanizer , impeller , inducer ,
inspirer , lover , mainstay , maintainer , mover , moving spirit ,
paranymph , partisan , patron , persuader , pleader , prime mover ,
promoter , prompter , protagonist , reliance , second , seconder ,
sectary , sider , socius criminis , spark , spark plug , sparker ,
sponsor , stalwart , standby , stimulator , support , supporter ,
sustainer , sympathizer , tempter , upholder , votary , well-wisher ,
wheedler

ABETTOR, crim. law. One who encourages or incites, persuades or sets another on to commit a crime. Such a person is either a principal or, an accessory to the crime. When present, aiding, where a felony is committed, he is guilty as principal in the second degree ; when absent, he is merely an accessory. 1. Russell, 21; 1 Leach 66; Foster 428.