Abetments

/əˈbɛtmənts/ noun

Definition

Plural of abetment; multiple instances or cases of helping someone do something wrong or illegal.

Etymology

Formed by adding the standard English plural suffix -s to abetment, which itself derives from Old French abeter via the -ment nominalization suffix.

Kelly Says

The plural form abetments is especially common in legal documents describing criminal conspiracies, where multiple people assist in wrongdoing across different actions or time periods.

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