1. people who help or encourage someone in doing something wrong or illegal
Usage: legal term; plural of abettor

Examples

• The police arrested the main suspect and his abettors.
• The judge sentenced both the thief and his abettors to prison.
• Corporate executives and their abettors were charged with fraud.
• The investigation revealed a network of abettors who helped launder money.
• Witnesses identified several abettors who assisted in the crime.
• The law holds abettors equally responsible for the offense.