aiding and abetting
idiom
formal
: helping and encouraging
She is charged with aiding and abetting the thief in his getaway.
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Jacox-Mann has an October jury trial scheduled on charges of aiding and abetting first- and second-degree robbery and aiding and abetting threats of violence.
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
Moore and his co-defendants were also charged with conspiracy to convert, sell, convey, and dispose of government property; and the conversion, sale, conveyance, and disposal of government property and aiding and abetting for their efforts to forge the vaccine cards.
—Jacob Rosen
july 12, CBS News, 12 July 2025
All five face charges of falsification of records, aiding and abetting, and false statements, aiding and abetting, in connection with their alleged activity, which prosecutors say took place at Cabot Yard in South Boston between Sept. 3, 2024, and Oct. 15, 2024.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
In November 2022, after his co-defendant pleaded guilty in the case, Kelsey pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the federal government and another count of aiding and abetting the acceptance of excessive campaign contributions.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
Moore and his co-defendants were also charged with conspiracy to convert, sell, convey, and dispose of government property; and the conversion, sale, conveyance, and disposal of government property and aiding and abetting for their efforts to forge the vaccine cards.
—Jacob Rosen
july 12, CBS News, 12 July 2025
All five face charges of falsification of records, aiding and abetting, and false statements, aiding and abetting, in connection with their alleged activity, which prosecutors say took place at Cabot Yard in South Boston between Sept. 3, 2024, and Oct. 15, 2024.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
In November 2022, after his co-defendant pleaded guilty in the case, Kelsey pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the federal government and another count of aiding and abetting the acceptance of excessive campaign contributions.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Aiding and abetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aiding%20and%20abetting. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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