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a person who aids in a crime without being the principal; an accessory
He was charged as an accessary to the robbery.
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A variant spelling of accessory, from Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accēdere ('to approach, be added'), from ad- ('to') + cēdere ('to go, yield').
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