(n.) The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a statement on Monday, Adams said he was aware that police might want to speak to him about the killing given that veteran republican Ivor Bell was charged at the weekend for aiding and abetting in the murder.
(2) The 77-year-old republican veteran denies charges of aiding and abetting in the McConville murder.
(3) Worse, politicians abet would-be killers by creating gun markets for them, and voters allow those politicians to keep their jobs.
(4) On the eve of Charles Taylor's conviction for "aiding and abetting" such attacks as he and his allies sought control of lucrative diamond fields, Sorie maintained his silence.
(5) I give up reading of the hell that criminalisation – abetted by an antediluvian UN – inflicts on the people of Mexico, Colombia, Afghanistan and Burma.
(6) Whether an on-water or on-land matter the government must come clean and explain to the Australian and international community whether it has funded, aided and abetted those that it calls dangerous criminals – people smugglers – to turn back people seeking asylum and safety,” he said.
(7) The team’s failure led to the immediate and “irrevocable” resignations of both the manager and the president of the Italian federation, Giancarlo Abete.
(8) "I am disappointed the leadership of my party did not consult me before issuing a press release and seems always to abet the request of the pro-Israel lobby.
(9) Book and author quickly acquired a mystique, partly abetted by Salinger, who cultivated his obscurity to the point of mania, becoming as secretive and self-obsessed as Holden Caulfield, in the words of the New York Times , “the Garbo of letters”.
(10) Because the Living Will advances the concept of negative euthanasia--an ethical, legal, and political misnomer--and abets the effort to legalize positive or direct euthanasia, it should not be given legal recognition.
(11) Just as we argued in the 1980s that those who conducted business with apartheid South Africa were aiding and abetting an immoral system, we can say that nobody should profit from the rising temperatures, seas and human suffering caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
(12) Most important, Carlin says, Freeman, abetted by the screenwriter, "impressively conveys the giant solitude of Mandela".
(13) A final uniform formulation was tentatively proposed that this patient, in addition to a strong genetic component for atopic dermatitis, had her illness abetted by inability to cope with aggressive affects.
(14) Investors cite similar reasons for buying green bonds: the ability to earn attractive returns (typically 4% to 5%) with minimal risk; and a growing array of clean energy projects, abetted by lower renewable energy costs, that are environmentally and financially attractive.
(15) However, abetted by the resultant low index of suspicion on the part of clinical staff, certain parasitic microorganisms may at times cause significant morbidity and even mortality in both normal and immunocompromised patients, as summarized in this review.
(16) Many important aspects of the mechanism(s) abetting renal ammonia metabolism in man have remained unresolved.
(17) They are abetted by GP columnists and correspondents in the trade press, who all seem to be on the verge of boarding a plane to leave the country, because of disgust with the NHS .
(18) Yettaw was given a seven-year jail sentence, including four years of hard labour, after the court found him guilty of abetting the violation of the house arrest order and two other offences.
(19) Their cruelty was abetted by the apparent ineptitude of local authorities, which failed to intervene at several junctures.
(20) A significant point was that prior to developing their illness, all these patients had arrived at a state of objectlessness which was abetted by the deafness.
Instigation
Definition:
(n.) The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.
Example Sentences:
(1) He said he will pursue new measures, including demolishing the homes of instigators.
(2) The dazzling Deulofeu was the instigator of the first.
(3) In a majority of the cases electro-acupuncture was found to be effective, and this treatment should be instigated as early as possible.
(4) The move, first mooted two months ago, has been instigated with Jol's blessing and the new man was quick to insist he had spent "many hours" talking with his compatriot prior to accepting the position, even if his arrival effectively dilutes the manager's powerbase at the club.
(5) Murdoch has instigated a series of cost-cutting measures in newspapers in London, New York and Sydney as part of financial restructuring ahead of the de-merger.
(6) Mustafa's defence was that he watched police officers plant the weapon during a search of the flat and, when he demanded to know why they were doing it, he was told it was at the instigation of British authorities.
(7) Die Mannschaft were eliminated in the group stage that year, a failure that instigated a major revamp of the nation’s academy system.
(8) The man who renounced Australia Read more It was “not so much a defence to the charges [but] a negotiating point or olive branch” held out to the commonwealth to instigate discussion towards a treaty and formal consent for its occupation of the land, he said.
(9) She writes: Reassurances from the US that short-term measures will be instigated to avert the upcoming debt-ceiling deadline have given European equity markets a jolt upwards, helping to stem some of the risk aversion of the past few days.
(10) Pediatricians are important instigators of behavior change for the promotion of nonsmoking.
(11) The striking similarity between virtual and real effects in this respect is best explained in terms of physiological border perception processes, possibly instigated by a cognitive mechanism.
(12) The task was designed in an attempt to isolate (a) frustration from attack as the instigator of aggression and (b) instrumental from hostile aggression as the desired outcome.
(13) Tony Abbott on Sunday announced he would instigate a “root and branch” review of the parliamentary entitlements system, following the resignation of embattled speaker Bronwyn Bishop .
(14) Retrospective analysis of the validity and application of these experimental data and consideration of the problems related to precipitation of magnesium salts in "intracellular" perfusates has instigated investigation related to the necessity of including this ingredient in our previously described hyperosmolar intracellular electrolyte solutions.
(15) At the Hague conference, instigated at Washington's request to rally international support for Obama's new strategy in Afghanistan, Finland's foreign minister, Alexander Stubb, called on the Karzai government to respond to the Guardian report, a call echoed by Iceland, while Norway also expressed concern over the trend in women's rights.
(16) Jang Song-thaek, previously one of the country's most powerful men, was accused of everything from plotting to overthrow the state to instigating disastrous currency reforms and dishing out pornography in the report from official news agency KCNA.
(17) The results support the contention that ionizing radiation instigates alterations in the dynamic permeability of membranes, allowing leakage of biologically active material out of the injured cell.
(18) She said she inherited the arrangement when she joined the bank, adding: "At my instigation ... the model is being actively reviewed."
(19) The letter followed a pledge in February by hundreds of artists and musicians to instigate a cultural boycott of Israel due to the country’s “unrelenting attack on [Palestinian] land, their livelihood, their right to political existence”.
(20) Falconer said: "What schedule 7 allows an examining officer to do is to question somebody in order to determine whether he is somebody who is preparing, instigating or commissioning terrorism.