Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accomplice"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Accomplice \Ac*com"plice\, n. [Ac- (perh. for the article a or
for L. ad) + E. complice. See {Complice}.]
1. A cooperator. [R.]

Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to
his accomplices! --Shak.

2. (Law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a
participator in an offense, whether a principal or an
accessory. ``And thou, the cursed accomplice of his
treason.'' --Johnson.

Note: It is followed by with or of before a person and by in
(or sometimes of) before the crime; as, A was an
accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it
with to before a thing. ``Suspected for accomplice to
the fire.'' --Dryden.

Syn: Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate;
coadjutor; ally; promoter. See {Abettor}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

accomplice
n : a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan
(especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn: {confederate}]


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