accomplice

C2+ Topic:People & Society
US /əˈkɑmplɪs/ UK /əˈkʌmplɪs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who helps another commit a crime

    The driver was charged as an accomplice to the robbery.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person who helps another... accessorycollaboratorconfederateabettorconspiratorpartnerhenchman
Word family
Forms complices
Related forms compliceaccomplishcomplicity

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').

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