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accessory after the fact

noun

Definitions

  1. An individual who assists someone who has committed a crime so as to protect them from…

    An individual who assists someone who has committed a crime so as to protect them from legal prosecution.

    • […] some of that atrocious wickedness in Jones, […] might perhaps be derived from the encouragement he had received from this fellow, who […] had been what the law calls an accessary^([sic]) after the fact […]

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for accessory after the fact. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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