abettor

or a·bet·ter

[ uh-bet-er ]

noun

1. a person who abets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abettor¹

From the Anglo-French word abettour, dating back to 1505–15. See abet, -or ²

Example Sentences

In Texas, one of the most restrictive abortion states in the country, lawsuits may be filed against “aiders and abettors,” which could include people who drive someone to obtain an abortion.

From Salon

“Whether abortion laws target providers, aiders and abettors, or women themselves, the criminalization of abortion necessarily involves the surveillance of women.”

From Salon

Following in most of his party’s feckless footsteps, Johnson took back the truth, acting as a Trump apologist and abettor.

From Salon

Notably, it identifies specific cellular interactions and a pair of molecular factors in the TME that are key to converting neutrophils from potential agents of anti-tumor immunity into abettors of malignancy.

From Science Daily

Because the conspiring attorneys' wanted to curry favor with Donald Trump, they apparently became aiders and abettors of crime — subverting, not protecting, the constitutional order.

From Salon