to abet

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to abet - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  TO ABET, crim. law. To encourage or set another on to commit a crime. This
  word is always taken in a bad sense. To abet another to commit a murder, is
  to command, procure, or counsel him to commit it. Old Nat. Brev 21; Col
  Litt. 475.