aiding and abetting
Legal term for the crime of assisting or facilitating another person's criminal act. Used in formal legal contexts.
He was indicted for aiding and abetting.
Compound of 幇助 (ほうじょ, 'assistance, abetment') and 罪 (ざい, 'crime'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with legal terminology.