particeps criminis

American  

[pahr-tuh-seps krim-uh-nis] / ˈpɑr təˌsɛps ˈkrɪm ə nɪs /

noun

Law.

1. an accomplice in a crime.

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Etymology

Origin of particeps criminis

From Latin

Example Sentences

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particeps criminis

She had failed to study the psychology of her particeps criminis in the fascination of analyzing her own.

From The Cricket by J. Scott (John Scott) Williams

"Ha, Danny, you scoundrel," he said, cheerfully, "I guess you are particeps criminis!"

From Dr. Lavendar's People by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

I bore the jack o' lantern,—she had bidden me do it, with some notion, I did not question, of making me particeps criminis in whatever mischief was afoot.

From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson

However, there is no reason why the State should enact the role of particeps criminis in an attempt to relieve its municipalities of the obligation to meet their honest debts.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin

Smith was denounced by the legislature as particeps criminis in the destruction of the lives which had been lost on the "Hungarian."

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith