accomplice

[ uh-kom-plis ]

/ əˈkɒm plɪs /

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noun

a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate.

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Origin of accomplice

First recorded in 1475–85; a(c) of uncertain origin + late Middle English complice, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin complici- (stem of complex ) “partner”; see complex

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH accomplice

accomplice , accomplish

Words nearby accomplice

accommodator, accompanied, accompaniment, accompanist, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accomplished, accomplishment, accord, accordance

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How to use accomplice in a sentence

The information will be stored in a confidential database accessible to federal law enforcement and shared with banks who are often unwitting accomplices to international corruption.
A quietly passed law cracks down on shell companies to combat corruption|Rachel Schallom|January 10, 2021|Fortune
At the same time, an accomplice demanded money from a worker near the restaurant’s safe, according to an Arizona Daily Sun article.
Robbed at a Taco Bell 19 years ago, man surprises current employees with a holiday bonus|Marisa Iati|December 17, 2020|Washington Post
In June 1973, with Heaton and other accomplices, Dugdale stole art and silver from the ancestral manse of her childhood in East Devon.
‘The Woman Who Stole Vermeer’ revisits the strange tale of a British heiress who became a notorious art thief|Katharine Weber|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
However, when they show up, it’s with an accomplice, and they look nothing like their profile picture.
Dangers of Online Dating in the LGBT Community|LGBTQ-Editor|June 29, 2020|No Straight News

We’ve already heard a lot about the suppliers and their accomplices.
The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: “We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation” (Ep. 402)|Stephen J. Dubner|January 16, 2020|Freakonomics
Ruiz and Aris Maldonado, an alleged accomplice, were arrested on Tuesday.
The Shocking Death of Miss Honduras|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But everything goes wrong right from the start with one accomplice running out the door, unable to go through with it.
Making 'The Dog': The Amazing True Story Behind ‘Dog Day Afternoon’|Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Art can be an accomplice to the process of destroying Eden but is never the sole agent.
Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whether Talbot had a Terry Nichols—or any accomplice not secretly working against him—also remains unknown.
Far-Right Texas Terrorist Planned Murder And Robbery Spree in the Name of ‘Liberty’|Caitlin Dickson|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A fourth man, Kyle Hartwell, was arrested and charged for being an accomplice.
We Should Applaud the World Trade Center Jumpers, Not Prosecute Them|Justin Miller|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, to become an accomplice in any plan whatever, it is necessary to give advice, or to furnish means of execution.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
The impudence of the authorities, to decoy an unsuspecting workingman across the State line, and then arrest him as my accomplice!
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
It is but too true that one fanatic is sufficient for the commission of a parricide, without any accomplice.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
In the first place, if your husband is unfaithful to you, understand clearly that I am not his accomplice.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket|Honore de Balzac
“I will be the exploiter and not the accomplice of modern Satanism,” said the pious Doctor Bataille.
Devil-Worship in France|Arthur Edward Waite

British Dictionary definitions for accomplice

accomplice

/ (əˈkɒmplɪs, əˈkʌm-) /

noun

a person who helps another in committing a crime

Word Origin for accomplice

C15: from a complice, interpreted as one word. See complice

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