Abetment

1 What it means

Instigating, conspiring or intentionally helping another person to commit an offence.

2 Use it in a sentence

Encouraging someone to commit theft is abetment even if the theft fails.

3 Make it stick

Write your own sentence using Abetment about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.

4 Related words

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