1.
[syn: accomplice, confederate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Accomplice \Ac*com"plice\, n. [Ac- (perh. for the article a or
for L. ad) + E. complice. See Complice.]
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1. A cooperator. [R.]
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Success unto our valiant general,
And happiness to his accomplices! --Shak.
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2. (Law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a
participator in an offense, whether a principal or an
accessory. "And thou, the cursed accomplice of his
treason." --Johnson.
Note: It is followed by with or of before a person and by in
(or sometimes of) before the crime; as, A was an
accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it
with to before a thing. "Suspected for accomplice to
the fire." --Dryden.
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Syn: Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate;
coadjutor; ally; promoter. See Abettor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
accomplice
n 1: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan
(especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn:
accomplice, confederate]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
ACCOMPLICE, 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.