particeps criminis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of particeps criminis
From Latin
Example Sentences
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"Ha, Danny, you scoundrel," he said, cheerfully, "I guess you are particeps criminis!"
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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
I know of nothing which so numbs what I am pleased to term my faculties as to be particeps criminis in the rising of the sun.
From The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
Well, the aforesaid concoction, made with milk, syrup, egg, ice cream, whipped cream, and the malted milk, was accessory before the fact, and also particeps criminis before the law.
From Diet and Health With Key to the Calories by Lulu Hunt Peters
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
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