Accomplice
[ə'kʌmplɪs;ə'kɒm-] or [ə'kɑmplɪs]
Definition
(noun.) a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan).
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Definition
(n.) A cooperator.
(n.) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Confederate, accessary, abettor, associate (in a crime), PARTICEPS CRIMINIS, SOCIUS CRIMINIS.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abettor, confederate, accessory, ally, associate, partner, colleague,coadjutor, assistant, 'particips_criminit'
ANT:Rival, foe, adversary, antagonist
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Definition
n. an associate esp. in crime in modern use (with of and with before a person and in or of before the crime).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One associated with another in a crime having guilty knowledge and complicity as an attorney who defends a criminal knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys no one having offered them a fee for assenting.
Typist: Perry
Examples
- Well, well, the point is a minor one, and when you have Randall you will probably find no difficulty in securing his accomplice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The method was no doubt suggested to Clay's ingenious mind by the colour of his accomplice's hair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- No, no, said Mrs. Shelby; I'll be in no sense accomplice or help in this cruel business. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- English Society, Miss Halcombe, is as often the accomplice as it is the enemy of crime. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The woman was her accomplice and in Steyne's pay. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Were you an accomplice of that abandoned wretch, I wonder, of whose vile arts he became a victim, and of whom you used to be such an admirer? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I know enough of law to understand that Mary would be held as accomplice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- If Mr. Godfrey had accepted his terms, Mr. Godfrey would have made him an accomplice, and might have counted on his silence as on a certainty. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Consider me your accomplice. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And the day was the accomplice of her mood: it was a day for impulse and truancy. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- If George the vagabond dragoon had any hand in it, he was only an accomplice, and was set on. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then he implored me to keep his secret for three days longer, so as to give his wretched accomplice a chance of saving his guilty life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He would try by a few attentions to make his peace with the girl Howells, and then would engage her as his accomplice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You, of course, saw that everyone in the street was an accomplice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yes, I daresay you were an accomplice. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In the first place, the parents were made accomplices to the deed, for it was only through their mediation it was brought about. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Whether he had any accomplices, or whatever the thing is called in the law? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But his accomplices will take revenge on you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- 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. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If their accomplices find us here, we are lost. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- All her past weaknesses were like so many eager accomplices drawing her toward the path their feet had already smoothed. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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