Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An associate in wrongdoing, especially one who aids or abets another in a criminal act, either as a principal or an accessory.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A partner or coöperator: not in a bad sense.
- n. More commonly An associate in a crime; a partner or partaker in guilt. Technically, in law, any participator in an offense, whether as principal or as accessory: sometimes used of accessories only, in contradistinction to principals. It is followed by of or with before a person, and in or of before the crime: as, A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C.
- n. Sometimes used with to before a thing.
- n. Synonyms Abetter, accessory (see the definitions of these words), coadjutor, assistant, ally, confederate, associate.
Wiktionary
- n. rare A cooperator.
- n. law An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare A cooperator.
- n. (Law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
Etymologies
- Alteration of complice. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“What your really trying to accomplice is to scare others off that might be interested in finding out more about us.”
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“I reckon anyone who can hide in a drawer without the aid of an accomplice is so ingenious they deserve not to be caught.”
“I believe that the Bush Administration failed to respond to serious threats against our nation, and are responsible in the way that an accomplice is guilty for the crimes he or she allowed to happen.”
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“Some speculate that side kicks, two words, was a phrase derived from the outside pockets of an overcoat; in underworld slang, it referred to an accomplice.”
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“But the Digger becomes a far more sinister threat when his accomplice is killed in a freak accident while en route to the money drop.”
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“If, therefore, the testimony of an accomplice is necessary, he should not be tried jointly with those against whom he is expected to testify.”
“Your accomplice is a flaming skull with the ability to transform into anything from a shotgun to a motorbike.”
“My accomplice is a woman and is far from the "kamikaze messenger" type, though she is accustomed to riding a bike with drop bars.”
“Which would also explain the shot of your so-called accomplice yesterday.”
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“Kellagh had called an accomplice working security on the ferries to have a trunk filled with weapons deposited belowdecks on the ferry.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘accomplice’.
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1100
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hunting
crudely, unequivocal, obsolete, obscure, overtly, misdeed, shack, inherent, outcry, hefty, composed, poised and 318 more...
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
liar, cheat, traitor, arsonist, felon, braggard, thief, profiteer, impostor, phony, fraud, culprit and 212 more...
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Psychology
Chapter 1
rigorous, occurrence, maze, divers, intellectual, expansion, all in all, sensation, introspection, radical, orientation, nurture and 174 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
Check out reesetee's nice Bad Guys l...arsonist, safecracker, murderer, rapist, getaway man, jewel thief, accomplice, drug dealer, carjacker, gunrunner, industrial spy, human trafficker and 216 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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people (bad)
nouns for bad people / words that describe bad people.
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( people, character, descriptor, noun )culprit, perpetrator, tormentor, swindler, bamboozler, nincompoop, thief, liar, back stabber, vandal, burglar, cheater and 85 more...
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List 2(starting at 260)
mammoth, overt, valor, aspire, relegate, bias, incisive, scurry, precipitate, singular, inveigh, repulse and 48 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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Hearticulating
All sorts of names or terms for romantic partners: vague, clinical, physical, sleazy, cheesy, co-dependent, demeaning, sarcastic, or the dutifully committed. This is to provide a wide-range of le...
couple, partner, lover, sweetheart, significant other, confidant, consort, mate, better half, paramour, accomplice, counterpart and 52 more...
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See, it's hard and soft!
Words that contain both a "hard C" and a "soft C".
civic, accelerate, accent, vaccine, flaccid, accident, carapace, commonplace, crawlspace, cyberspace, accomplice, cockatrice and 14 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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