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Definition of accomplice
: one associated with another especially in wrongdoing was convicted as an accomplice to murder
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Examples of accomplice in a Sentence
He was convicted as an accomplice to murder.
the thief and his accomplices were eventually caught and brought to justice
Recent Examples of accomplice from the Web
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In Hurst, the suspect had an accomplice, a woman, while in Fort Worth, the suspect was accompanied by a black man.
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Four other people, also Chechens, were convicted as accomplices: Anzor Gubashev, Shadid Gubashev, Khamzat Bakhayev, and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov.
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Detectives later identified Tovar as Tomaskovich’s accomplice.
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He was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana and murder for being an accomplice after the fact in that case.
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An inmate and an accomplice outside the jail who allegedly arranged for the transfer of contraband were also charged.
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Lowell, along with an unnamed accomplice, shot his cousin multiple times and left him at the top of the stairs of their apartment complex, according to an arrest citation.
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The second man pulled a knife and demanded the victim’s bracelet when an accomplice showed up with a pistol.
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Jimmy becomes Saul, the sleazy legal accomplice to Walter White’s drug empire.
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Origin and Etymology of accomplice
borrowed from Anglo-French acomplice, alteration of complice “associate” — more at complice ◆The source of initial a(c)- is unclear. The earlier notion that a- represents fusion of the indefinite article cannot be maintained given the much earlier occurrences of the word in Anglo-French (in a 1384 petition of the Drapers guild, and in vol. 2 of the Rotuli Parliamentorum [1279-1377]). The suggestion that complice has been assimilated to accomplir, “to fulfill, etc.,” (see accomplish) is not very compelling semantically.
Other Legal Terms
ACCOMPLICE Defined for English Language Learners
accomplice
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: a person who works with or helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal
ACCOMPLICE Defined for Kids
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: a partner in wrongdoing
Law Dictionary
accomplice
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: one who intentionally and voluntarily participates with another in a crime by encouraging or assisting in the commission of the crime or by failing to prevent it though under a duty to do so the accomplice of the burglar an accomplice in a robbery
Origin and Etymology of accomplice
alteration (from incorrect division of a complice) of complice, from Middle French, associate, from Late Latin complic- complex partner, confederate
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