Word of the day: Abet

Abet: encorajar, incitar, estimular, instigar alguém a fazer algo errado

Synonyms: incite, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick, provoke, raise, stir

“Charles G. Taylor, the former warlord and president of Liberia, was convicted on Thursday of abetting militias that committed war crimes in Sierra Leone in the 1990s.” (www.nytimes.com, April 26, 2012)