abettor

noun

variants also abetter
Definition of abettornext
1
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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2
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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  1. accomplice
  2. supporter
  3. ally
Noun
  • Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill previously told Fox News that there is evidence that Jabbar worked alongside accomplices to coordinate the attack.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • When one half of the murderous duo, Blood, tells Aegon his accomplice is a ratcatcher, Aegon orders every single ratcatcher in King's Landing to be hung up and displayed in the streets.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of accomplice
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  • Musk and Ramaswamy's views have sparked an online spat between factions of Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry, whose businesses rely on the H-1B visa to bring in thousands of foreign engineers and other skilled workers each year from India, China and other nations.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Johnson, a staunch supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, has been hit with backlash after supporting the government spending bill that recently passed.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of supporter
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  • Slowly, ideas that Xiao and his allies had propagated decades ago—the stabilizing force of the strongman and a reverence for cultural traditions—seem to have arrived in the control center of the world’s most powerful liberal democracy.
    Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Johnson unveiled a bipartisan funding deal Tuesday evening, which was torpedoed Wednesday after President-elect Trump and his close allies urged GOP lawmakers to oppose it.
    The Hill Staff, The Hill, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of ally
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