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also abetter
Synonyms & Antonyms of abettor
1
one associated with another in wrongdoing
- the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor
Synonyms for abettor
- accessory
- (also accessary),
- accomplice,
- cohort,
- confederate
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2
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
- without all the neighborhood kids as abettors, I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop
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