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accomplice

[ uh-kom-plis ]

noun

  1. a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate.


accomplice

/ əˈkʌm-; əˈkɒmplɪs /

noun

  1. a person who helps another in committing a crime
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of accomplice1

First recorded in 1475–85; a(c) of uncertain origin + late Middle English complice, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin complici- (stem of complex ) “partner”; complex
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Word History and Origins

Origin of accomplice1

C15: from a complice, interpreted as one word. See complice
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But there remains some division within the party about whether they should spend their time hammering Trump and his accomplices on their authoritarian takeover or concentrate on the perennial "kitchen table issues."

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But a series of blunders meant the heist was doomed from the start and in early 2017 - three months after the robbery - Abbas and several of his alleged accomplices were arrested.

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In 1986, he and accomplices kidnapped two North Hollywood men who owed them money and held them for ransom.

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Baker’s accomplice, Christopher Austin, also testified for the prosecution last month and insisted Baker told him Monica Sementilli had directed the slaying.

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He hired others to make the forgeries and would send his accomplices images of celebrity signatures for them to use as exemplars, prosecutors said.

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