accomplice

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /əˈkɑmplɪs/ UK /əˈkʌmplɪs/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like accomplish /s/ vs /ʃ/

Meanings

1

noun
a person who helps another commit a crime

The driver was charged as an accomplice to the robbery.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who helps another... accessory collaborator confederate abettor conspirator partnerhenchman

Word family

Forms complices

Related forms compliceaccomplish complicity

Etymology

From earlier 'a complice' (with the 'a' fused on), from Old French complice ('confederate'), from Late Latin complex ('closely connected'), from com- ('together') + plicāre ('to fold').

complex Late Latin plicāre Latin

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Topics

People & Society

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# accomplice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈkɑmplɪs/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈkʌmplɪs/

## Meanings
1. a person who helps another commit a crime

## Examples
- The driver was charged as an accomplice to the robbery.

## Synonyms
- accessory
- collaborator
- confederate
- abettor
- conspirator
- partner
- henchman

## Related Forms
- complice
- accomplish
- complicity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: complex
- Root: plicāre

## Etymology
From earlier 'a complice' (with the 'a' fused on), from Old French complice ('confederate'), from Late Latin complex ('closely connected'), from com- ('together') + plicāre ('to fold').

## AI Etymology
Accomplice is from earlier 'a complice' (with the 'a' fused on), from Old French complice ('confederate'), from Late Latin complex ('closely connected'), from com- ('together') + plicāre ('to fold'). Important recorded forms include complex (Late Latin) and plicāre (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person who helps another commit a crime. The wider family includes related words such as complice, accomplish, and complicity.

## Topics
- People & Society

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