accomplice
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noun \ə-ˈkäm-pləs, -ˈkəm-\Definition of ACCOMPLICE
: one associated with another especially in wrongdoing
See Examples of ACCOMPLICE
- He was convicted as an accomplice to murder.
- <the thief and his accomplices were eventually caught and brought to justice>
Origin of ACCOMPLICE
alteration (from incorrect division of a complice) of complice
First Known Use: 1584
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