Sentence examples for the abettor from inspiring English sources

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the abettor

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One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.

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Part of the joy of these images, of course, is what they imply about Darwin — not the stereotype of a tortured, isolated great thinker but the abettor of scientific curiosity in others as much as in himself.

A crime could be committed even if the abettor did not take any tangible action, provided the actions "directly and substantially" assisted and where there was "knowledge... that torture is being practised".

If any hurt is caused as a result of the abetment, the abettor may be jailed up to 14 years and must also be fined.

If either the abettor or the person abetted is a public servant whose duty it was to prevent the offence from happening, the abettor may be imprisoned for up to half of the maximum jail term of the offence, or may be fined, or receive both penalties.

However, if the offence abetted but not committed is punishable with death or life imprisonment, the abettor is liable to a penalty of up to seven years' imprisonment, a fine, or both.

If the offence is not committed due to the abetment, and it is punishable by imprisonment, the abettor is to be imprisoned for up to a quarter of the maximum jail term of the offence, or may receive a fine, or both.

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Why is it that the allies of Washington must always be mocked and demonized for siding with the United States -- a republic and a democracy -- while the abettors (conscious or otherwise) of America's enemies -- such as Saddam Hussein, the psychopathic overlord of a horrific dictatorship -- must be rewarded with descriptions of their "heroic" opposition?

The same left which "is the enabler and abettor of the terrorist jihad".

Malaysia occupies a strategically important position in global shipping routes, but its government has a long history of supporting some of the most abusive forms of human trafficking, earning it a spot on the State Department's official list of the worst abettors of modern slavery.

By calling the universities "abettors of terrorism", they reveal their contempt of the aforementioned efforts, not support.

I had wanted to check this village out because it was the home town of Rasputin — not Valentin Rasputin, the Siberian writer, but the original unhinged self-described holy man Rasputin, abettor of the downfall of the Romanov line.

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