Abettor
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One who commands, advises, instigates, or encourages another to commit a crime. A person who, being present, incites another to commit a crime, and thus becomes a principal. To be an abettor, the accused must have instigated or advised the commission of a crime or been present for the purpose of assisting in its commission; he or she must share criminal intent with which the crime was committed.
A person who lends a friend a car for use in a robbery is an abettor even though he or she is not present when the robbery takes place. An abettor is not the chief actor, the principal, in the commission of a crime but must share the principal's criminal intent in order to be prosecuted for the same crime.
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Abettor (from to abet, Old French abeter, à and beter, to bait, urge dogs upon any one; this word is probably of Scandinavian origin, meaning to cause to bite), is a legal term implying one who instigates, encourages or assists another to commit an offence.
An abettor differs from an accessory in that he must be present at the commission of the crime; all abettors (with certain exceptions) are principals, and, in the absence of specific statutory provision to the contrary, are punishable to the same extent as the actual perpetrator of the offence. A person may in certain cases be convicted as an abettor in the commission of an offence in which he or she could not be a principal, e.g. a woman or boy under fourteen years of age in aiding rape, or a solvent person in aiding and abetting a bankrupt to commit offences against the bankruptcy laws.
More recently, an abettor is generally known as an accomplice.
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Abettor
Dansk (Danish)
n. - meddelagtig, medskyldig
Nederlands (Dutch)
medeplichtige, opruier
Français (French)
n. - complice
Deutsch (German)
n. - (Helfers)helfer, Mittäter, Mitwisser
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποκινητής, ηθικός αυτουργός
Italiano (Italian)
favoreggiatore, complice, correo, complice
Português (Portuguese)
n. - incentivador (m), incitador, provocador
Русский (Russian)
соумышленник, соучастник, пособник
Español (Spanish)
n. - cómplice, instigador
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppviglare
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
帮助者, 教唆犯, 煽动者
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 幫助者, 教唆犯, 煽動者
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) محرض, مغري
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - עוזר, מסייע, מעודד
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