abetting

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Essayli would charge Orellana with conspiracy — under a federal statute typically used to build cases against drug traffickers and organized crime — and with aiding and abetting civil disorder.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

The judge left in place three claims against Baldoni, involving retaliation and aiding and abetting in retaliation, leaving those accusations for a trial in New York in May.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

And only then can banks and other traditional financial institutions manage, hold and exchange those assets with any degree of confidence that they aren’t indirectly abetting a crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

In some ways, the chapter seems closed and put behind us: The three officers who were convicted for abetting Derek Chauvin have already concluded their sentences, with the final one being released Monday.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2025

The man who could not be discourteous to a ground- squirrel had sat in the courthouse abetting the cause of grubby-minded little men.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee