aid
verb [T] /eɪd/Definition
C1 to help: Huge projects designed to aid poorer countries can sometimes do more harm than good. His excuse for drinking brandy is that it's said to aid digestion.Helping and co-operating aid and abet sb legal or humorous › to help someone to do something illegal or wrong: Three tax inspectors were accused of aiding and abetting the men charged with fraud.Helping and co-operatingObeying and breaking the lawObedient and compliantDisobedientBad and wrong behaviour
(Definition of aid verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -breaker suffix (NOT OBEY)
- adhere to sth phrasal verb
- afoul adverb
- breach noun (BROKEN PROMISE/RULE)
- commission noun (CRIME)
- compliant adjective
- comply verb
- conform to/with sth phrasal verb
- contravene verb
- disobey verb
- enforce verb
- fall foul of sth idiom
- infraction noun
- infringement noun
- law-abiding adjective
- obey verb
- on the right/wrong side of the law idiom
- respect verb (HONOUR)
- shalt modal verb
- violate verb
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