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ac·com·plice

(ə-kŏm′plĭs)

One who participates in the commission of a crime without being the principal actor.

[Alteration of complice.]

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accomplice

(əˈkɒmplɪs; əˈkʌm-)

a person who helps another in committing a crime

[C15: from a complice, interpreted as one word. See complice]

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ac•com•plice

(əˈkɒm plɪs)

n.

a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing.

[1475–85; a(c)- of unclear orig. + late Middle English complice < Middle French < Medieval Latin complex, s. complic- partner; see complex]

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Noun

accomplice - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

confederate

assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

decoy, steerer - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

accomplice

noun partner in crime, ally, associate, assistant, companion, accessory, comrade, helper, colleague, collaborator, confederate, henchman, coadjutor, abettor His accomplice was arrested after a high-speed car chase.

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accomplice

noun

One who assists a lawbreaker in a wrongful or criminal act:

accessory, confederate, conspirator.

Translations

شَرِيكٌ في جَرِيـمَةشَرِيك فِي جَرِيمَه

spolupachatelspoluviník

medskyldigmedsammensvoren

rikostoveri

suučesnik

bűnrészesbűntárscinkostettestárs

vitorîsmaîur

complice correoaccomplice

共犯者

공범

līdzdalībniekslīdzvainīgais

medeplichtige handlanger

medskyldig

wspólnik

cúmplice

единомышленник приспешник сообщник соучастник

medbrottsling

ผู้สมรู้ร่วมคิด

suç ortağı

tòng phạm

同伙帮凶

accomplice

[əˈkʌmplɪs] N → cómplice mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

accomplice

[əˈkɒmplɪs əˈkʌmplɪs] n → complice mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

accomplice

n → Komplize m, → Komplizin f, → Mittäter(in) m(f); to be an accomplice to a crime → Komplize bei einem Verbrechen sein, Mittäter eines Verbrechens sein

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

accomplice

[əˈkʌmplɪs] n accomplice (in) → complice m/f (di)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

accomplice

(əˈkamplis) , ((American) -ˈkom-) noun

a person who helps another, especially in crime. The thief's accomplice warned him that the police were coming.

accomplice

→ شَرِيكٌ في جَرِيـمَة spolupachatel medskyldig Komplize συνεργός cómplice rikostoveri complice suučesnik complice 共犯者 공범 medeplichtige medskyldig wspólnik cúmplice сообщник medbrottsling ผู้สมรู้ร่วมคิด suç ortağı tòng phạm 同伙

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A THIEF who had brought a suit against his accomplices to recover his share of the plunder taken from an Honest Man, demanded the Honest Man's attendance at the trial to testify to his loss.

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He became involved in a palace intrigue, and only saved himself by betraying his accomplices. In the end he was banished, and finally put to death by the Emperor's order.

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Why, by forcing them to assist in this pillage, have they been made accomplices in it?

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"That is what occurred to me for a moment; but it would imply an accomplice or accomplices,--and I don't see--"

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We are supposed to be the accomplices of mad Anne Catherick, who claims the name, the place, and the living personality of dead Lady Glyde.

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"Were the accomplices of Ravaillac or of Jacques Clement ever known?"

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And the accomplice of your guilt, Lady Arabella March, came for the same purpose."

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In this way, any person from the outside could have drawn back the bolt, and opened the door, and have dropped (or have been noiselessly lowered by an accomplice) into the room--its height, as already observed, being only seven feet.

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You may depend on my never making the general Sense of Propriety my enemy again: I am getting knowledge enough of the world to make it my accomplice next time.

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What part was he playing in all this: was he an accomplice or not?

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And you have my daughter for an accomplice. Am I, forsooth, in a den of thieves, -- in a cave of brigands?

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The Baron objects to trusting an accomplice; also to spending money on anyone but himself.