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noun
- 1. a person who helps another commit a crime: "an accomplice in the murder"
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ACCOMPLICE definition: 1. a person who helps someone else to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong 2. a person…. Learn more.
: one associated with another especially in wrongdoing. was convicted as an accomplice to murder. Synonyms. abettor. abetter. accessory. accessary. cohort. confederate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of accomplice in a Sentence.
Someone's accomplice is a person who helps them to commit a crime. The gunman escaped on a motorcycle being ridden by an accomplice. His accomplice was arrested after a high-speed police chase.
An accomplice is a cooperator or participator, commonly in criminal acts. So you’re an accomplice to the gas station robbery if you distracted the store manager while your partner in crime raided the registers for cash.
noun. /əˈkʌmplɪs/ /əˈkɑːmplɪs/ a person who helps another to commit a crime or to do something wrong. She became his unwitting accomplice in the robbery. an accomplice to murder. The police suspect that she had an accomplice. Topics Crime and punishment c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Take your English to the next level.
Accomplice, in law, a person who becomes equally guilty in the crime of another by knowingly and voluntarily aiding the other to commit the offense. An accomplice is either an accessory or an abettor.
The earliest known use of the noun accomplice is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for accomplice is from 1550, in a translation by T. Nicolls. accomplice is probably formed within English, by derivation.
ACCOMPLICE meaning: a person who works with or helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal.
A complete guide to the word "ACCOMPLICE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
One who knowingly, voluntarily, or intentionally, and with common intent and criminal purpose shared with the principal offender, solicits or encourages another to commit a crime or assists or attempts to assist in its planning and execution.
