About The Word Accomplice
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Accomplice
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What's The Definition Of Accomplice?
[n] a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Accomplice: confederate Related Terms | Find terms related to Accomplice: a party to | abettor | accessary | accessory | accomplice in crime | ally | assistant | associate | coconspirator | cohort | collaborator | colleague | confederate | conspirator | copartner | cotenant | fellow | fellow conspirator | henchman | partaker | participant | participator | partner | party | shareholder | sharer | socius criminis See Also | assistant | decoy | help | helper | steerer | supporter Accomplice In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*com"plice\, n. [Ac- (perh. for the article a or
for L. ad) + E. complice. See {Complice}.]
1. A cooperator. [R.]
Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to
his accomplices! --Shak.
2. (Law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a
participator in an offense, whether a principal or an
accessory. ``And thou, the cursed accomplice of his
treason.'' --Johnson.
Note: It is followed by with or of before a person and by in
(or sometimes of) before the crime; as, A was an
accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it
with to before a thing. ``Suspected for accomplice to
the fire.'' --Dryden.
Syn: Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate;
coadjutor; ally; promoter. See {Abettor}.
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