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aider and abettor en · NOUN

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1. (also, broadly, in other contexts, qualifier:criminal law) One who aids and abets.
   • So first Terry Nichols is held as a material witness, and then on May the 10th, he's arrested and charged as an aider and abettor in the case. 1997 May 30, Associated Press, “Excerpts From Closing Arguments in the Oklahoma City Bombing Case”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
   • “If you’re an aider and abettor, whether it’s a crime or a civil wrong, then you have the same type of responsibility,” Mr. [Lee] Plakas said on Saturday. 2019 June 10, Mihir Zaveri, Emily S. Rueb, “Jury Finds Oberlin College Libeled a Bakery and Awards $11 Million in Damages”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2019:
   • The fact is that the 'journalists' operating [Slobodan] Milosevic's broadcasting facilities are direct aiders and abettors of genocide in Kosovo. 1999 April 27, Ian MacCormick, “Propaganda and poison”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 May 2014:
   • If he [Tyrone M. Williams] was found guilty, jurors had to answer a series of questions, including whether Mr. Williams was a principal, or an aider and abettor or both, and whether injury or death resulted from his actions. 2005 March 24, Ralph Blumenthal, “Truck Driver Spared Death in Smuggling of Immigrants”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015:
   • Mr. [Johnny] Hamilton will go on trial Feb. 21 as an "aider and abettor" in the escape, says Deputy Attorney General Ana Colon. 1984 February 12, Richard Haitch, “Follow-Up on the News”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:

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