He was scolded for aiding and abetting the boys who were fighting.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
aid and abet — v. To knowingly help someone commit a crime. See also accessory, accomplice The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
aid and abet — (law) To assist and encourage, esp in committing a crime • • • Main Entry: ↑aid * * * aid and abet legal phrase to help someone to commit a crime He was charged with aiding and abetting a wanted criminal. Thesaurus: to help someone … Useful english dictionary
aid and abet — ► LAW to help someone do something that is illegal: »Prosecutors argued that he aided and abetted in illegal drug cultivation and sale. Main Entry: ↑aid … Financial and business terms
aid and abet — encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime. → abet … English new terms dictionary
aid and abet — help someone commit a crime; assist someone … English contemporary dictionary
aid and abet — verb to be accomplice to someone in an illegal act. A bank employee was also accused of aiding and abetting the gang of robbers … Wiktionary
aid and abet — legal to help someone to commit a crime He was charged with aiding and abetting a wanted criminal … English dictionary
abet — /ə bet/ vt abet·ted, abet·ting: to assist, encourage, instigate, or support with criminal intent in attempting or carrying out a crime often used in the phrase aid and abet abet·ment n abet·tor also abet·ter /ə be tər/ n Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
aid — [eɪd] noun [uncountable] help, such as food, medicines, or money, given by a government or private organization to help people who are suffering from war, hunger etc: • UN workers have been trying to move food aid to an estimated 2 million… … Financial and business terms
abet — ► VERB (abetted, abetting) (usu. in phrase aid and abet) ▪ encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime. DERIVATIVES abetment noun abetter (also abettor) noun. ORIGIN Old French abeter, from be … English terms dictionary
aid — aid1 [ eıd ] noun ** 1. ) uncount money, food, or other help that an organization or government gives to a country or area where people need it, for example because of a war or flood: economic/medical aid: The UN provided emergency economic aid… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
