aider and abettor
English
Noun
aider and abettor (plural aiders and abettors)
- (criminal law, also by extension in other contexts) One who aids and abets.
- 1984 February 12, Richard Haitch, “Follow-Up on the News”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
- Mr. [Johnny] Hamilton will go on trial Feb. 21 as an "aider and abettor" in the escape, says Deputy Attorney General Ana Colon.
- 1997 May 30, Associated Press, “Excerpts From Closing Arguments in the Oklahoma City Bombing Case”, in The New York Times[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
- So first Terry Nichols is held as a material witness, and then on May the 10th, he's arrested and charged as an aider and abettor in the case.
- 1999 April 27, Ian MacCormick, “Propaganda and poison”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 May 2014:
- The fact is that the 'journalists' operating [Slobodan] Milosevic's broadcasting facilities are direct aiders and abettors of genocide in Kosovo.
- 2005 March 24, Ralph Blumenthal, “Truck Driver Spared Death in Smuggling of Immigrants”, in The New York Times[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015:
- If he [Tyrone M. Williams] was found guilty, jurors had to answer a series of questions, including whether Mr. Williams was a principal, or an aider and abettor or both, and whether injury or death resulted from his actions.
- 2019 June 10, Mihir Zaveri, Emily S. Rueb, “Jury Finds Oberlin College Libeled a Bakery and Awards $11 Million in Damages”, in The New York Times[5], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 June 2019:
- “If you’re an aider and abettor, whether it’s a crime or a civil wrong, then you have the same type of responsibility,” Mr. [Lee] Plakas said on Saturday.