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Encourage in crime (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abet

'encourage in crime' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for abet that I've seen before include "Give aid to" , "Aid (in wrongdoing)" , "Beat (anag.)" , "Help to do something wrong" , "Crookedly endorse" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Telegraph.
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