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also abetter
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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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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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Noun
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Lawyers for Nelson also argued that one of his accomplices had injuries that were consistent with the assault while Nelson did not.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Mark Crew shot his wife in 1982, while an accomplice severed her head.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Taake, 36, was serving a 6-year sentence in a Colorado prison when President Donald Trump pardoned him and 1,500 other MAGA supporters for seizing the Capitol in protest of his 2020 election defeat.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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And, bolstered by supporters, the mom was indeed successful in getting the Alabama Supreme Court to issue an administrative order excusing breastfeeding people, per local news outlet, KFYR-TV.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2025
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For Republicans and other Trump allies, the occasion was one of sheer joy — a validation that their attacks on former President Biden were properly placed and a vindication that their efforts to keep Trump in power four years ago merely reflected public sentiment.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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In effect, Iran knows what’s coming, having lost its proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria, and trust in its ally Russia.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Abettor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abettor. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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