English
Etymology
Ac- (perhaps for the article a or for Latin ad) + English complice. See complice
Noun
en-noun
- rare A cooperator.
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#:*Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his 'accomplices! - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, V-ii
- law An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
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#:*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.
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#:*Suspected for accomplice to the fire. - Dryden
Synonyms
abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate; coadjutor; ally; promoter. See abettor.
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Synonyms)
trans-top|A cooperator
Dutch: handlanger m
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trans-top|An associate in the commission of a crime
Dutch: medeplichtige m,f, handlanger m
Finnish: avunantaja
French: complice m
German: Mittäter
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Interlingua: Complice
Italian: accomplice, correo m
Portuguese: cúmplice
Russian: �о��а��ник (souástnik) m
Slovene: sokrivec m, sokrivka f
Spanish: cómplice
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