abetment

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Ong faces up to two years in jail for abetting a public servant in obtaining gifts, while the maximum jail term he faces for the abetment of obstruction of justice is seven years.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Khan is facing abetment charges, according to a police report seen by Reuters.

From Reuters • Jun. 6, 2023

Shashi Tharoor, a member of Parliament from the opposition Indian National Congress, was charged with cruelty and abetment to suicide in 2018, four years after his wife, Sunanda Pushkar, was found dead under mysterious circumstances.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2021

In late August, the Bombay High Court finally directed a lower court to proceed with Sooraj Pancholi’s trial for abetment to suicide.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2017

Then follows a chapter on abetment, in other words, the instigation of a person to do a wrongful act.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various