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to support or encourage someone, especially someone who has done something wrong 사람을 특히 옳지 못한 일을 하는 사람을 지지하거나 용기를 북돋다 ; 부추기다, 교사하다

• Abetting a criminal by giving her a place to hide form the police is itself a criminal act.
• In their efforts to steal millions from their clients, the dishonest bankers were abetted by the greed of the clients themselves.
  부정한 은행원들은 고객들로부터 수백만 달러를 훔치려고 애를 썼는데 이는 고객들의 탐욕이 은행원들을 부추겼던 것이었다.