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aid and abet

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aid and abet someone
Cliché to help someone; to incite someone to do something, possibly something that is wrong. (Originally a legal phrase.) He was scolded for aiding and abetting the boys who were fighting.
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The enemy is faith itself, and in his book The End of Faith Harris calls for its extinction, swing that even religious moderates, by countenancing non-empiricism, aid and abet religious extremists whose agenda is literally global domination.
I for one would like to see those who aid and abet these activities brought up on charges of willfully aiding and abetting a criminal activity.
Until this point, a first time reader might believe that Jaers aim is to aid and abet Israel's enemy, her husband's ally.
 
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