particeps criminis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of particeps criminis
From Latin
Example Sentences
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"Why, what is the meaning of this?" at length gasped Mrs. Brandon, fiercely addressing the attorney, as if he, were a particeps criminis in the affair.
From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Samuel Warren
"But, joking apart, this Black Maria is, so to speak particeps criminis, and the sooner we lose it the better."
From His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts by David Dwight Wells
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
He could not escape by making the President a particeps criminis.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 by Various
Every one is made particeps criminis in the course of events.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
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