aid and abet vs assist

aid and abet

verb
  • To be accomplice to someone in an illegal act. 

assist

verb
  • To help. 

  • To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. 

  • To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy. 

noun
  • A decisive pass made to the goal scorer 

  • A helpful action or an act of giving. 

  • A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. 

How often have the words aid and abet and assist occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )