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What does aid and abet mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word aid and abet? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (law) To be accomplice to someone in an illegal act.
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Divide and rule is an old and understandable tactic, but we cannot allow EU Member States to aid and abet that strategy.
They prescribed loyalty to the patriot cause, disloyalty to the British government and a promise not to aid and abet the enemy.
She had striven to aid and abet this distinguished and worthy gentleman in his suit.
This is also true of attempts to commit torture, conspiracies to commit torture and those who aid and abet the commission of an act of torture.
Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them.
It is a victory for the MP, who has been urging the government to bring in new laws making it a crime to aid and abet or coerce a forced marriage.

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