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accomplice

noun
/əˈkɒm.plɪs/UK/əˈkɑm.pləs/US

Etymology

First attested in 1550. From a complice, from Middle English complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicāre (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.

  1. derived from complicō
  2. derived from complice
  3. derived from complice

Definitions

  1. An associate in the commission of a crime

    An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

    • Childleſs Arturius, vaſtly rich before, / Thus by his Loſſes multiplies his Store: / Suſpected for Accomplice to the Fire, / That burnt his Palace but to build it higher.
    • And thou, the curs’d Accomplice of her Treaſon, / Declare thy Meſſage, and expect thy Doom.

  2. A cooperator.

    • Succeſſe vnto our valiant Generall, / And happineſſe to his accomplices.

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Derived

accompliceship, accomplicity

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA