in aid of
idiom
chiefly British
: in order to help (something or someone)
The event is being held in aid of charity.
in aid of refugees
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Sylvester, 58, was sentenced to two life terms for conspiracy to conduct racketeering, conspiracy to murder in aid of racketeering and drug charges.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
Chavez and Corado also were found guilty of two counts of violent crimes in aid of racketeering (VICAR) murder.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2025
They were found guilty in March after a two-week trial of murder-for-hire and attempted murder in aid of racketeering, among other charges.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
And throughout the fields of medicine and biology, machine learning is solving scientific problems like the prediction of protein structure in aid of drug discovery, which was recognized with a Nobel Prize in 2024.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
Chavez and Corado also were found guilty of two counts of violent crimes in aid of racketeering (VICAR) murder.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2025
They were found guilty in March after a two-week trial of murder-for-hire and attempted murder in aid of racketeering, among other charges.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
And throughout the fields of medicine and biology, machine learning is solving scientific problems like the prediction of protein structure in aid of drug discovery, which was recognized with a Nobel Prize in 2024.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
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“In aid of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20aid%20of. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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