Both Uses of
abet
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Then the daring plotter was to be surrounded and caught red-handed, in the very act of aiding and abetting royalists, who were traitors to the republic.†
Chpt 24 *abetting = assisting or encouraging (usually in some wrongdoing)
- Caught, red-handed, on the spot, in the very act of aiding and abetting the traitors against the Republic of France, the Englishman could claim no protection from his own country.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
assist or encourage (usually in some wrongdoing)