Thesaurus results for ACCOMPLICES

accomplices

noun

plural of accomplice

as in cohorts

one associated with another in wrongdoing the thief and his accomplices were eventually caught and brought to justice

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Recent Examples of accomplices On the morning of October 19, the day of the robbery, the pair were instructed to meet two accomplices in Aubervilliers, a northeastern suburb of Paris. — Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 14 July 2026 No one was ever charged with pulling the trigger, but three other men, Paul McIntyre, 58, Peter Cavanagh, 37, and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, were charged with murder as accomplices for encouraging or assisting the shooter. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 In November 1998, after a five-month trial, Patrizia and her four accomplices were found guilty of premeditated murder. — Anna Matranga, CBS News, 18 June 2026 Investigators are looking into whether there are more burial sites and any accomplices. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026 He’s unexpectedly visited by Little John (Bill Skarsgård), once one of his underage criminal accomplices, and asked to help defend the younger man’s family and homestead from vengeful past foes. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 June 2026 Young and his alleged accomplices, Jared Gray and Sencere Hayes, have pleaded not guilty. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 28 May 2026 The cast includes Naomie Ackie and Taylour Paige as Corvette’s accomplices, Eiza González as a revolutionary fellow traveler, Poppy Liu as the Chinese factory worker who opens Corvette’s eyes to what’s really going on and LaKeith Stanfield as an enigmatic stranger who may open her up to much more. — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 The Knoot and Prince sentencings bring the total number of Americans sent to prison for working as accomplices to at least nine since last year. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 May 2026

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Noun

For managers, consider multi-month learning journeys with peer cohorts, live workshops, practical frameworks and opportunities to apply new skills over time.

— Melanie Rosenwasser, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Now, listeners can hear Mad Dog and his cohorts, as well as WFAN, without switching platforms.

— Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of cohorts

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And so does Jesse — particularly the latest installment, which sees the iconic henchmen find themselves as accidental stars in 1920s Hollywood.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, and escape the Screaming Woods on an epic quest to save the kingdom, but most importantly, their relationship.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of henchmen

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The arrests followed an investigation led by Sweetwater police with assistance from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement partners.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
Multigenerational farmers and Californians interested in pursuing the agriculture business gathered to learn about growing agave from the University of California Cooperative Extension and its partners.

— Lizzie Kane July 26, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of partners

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Judge Nelson’s concerns are unfounded, as Kalshi and its confederates—Robinhood, Coinbase, and the CFTC—are not relying solely on the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act update to substantiate their claim that the CEA empowers the CFTC to regulate betting on the outcomes of sporting events.

— Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Hynes died, but his three confederates have been subpoenaed to testify in my malicious prosecution lawsuit.

— John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026

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As part of the Rainbow Chamber’s 25th anniversary, the organization decked out the Grandstands Clubhouse event space in silver colors, with disco ball accessories throughout.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
Amazon has a lineup of casual and elegant wrap dresses that’ll take you from casual brunch to business dinners with little more than a change of accessories.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2026

Definition of accessories

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The Justice Department unveiled this case against it, essentially arguing that SPLC had been defrauding its donors by paying informants within far-right groups who were infiltrating those groups.

— Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
In 2020, for example, the high court ruled that Muslim men who claimed that their religious rights were violated for being placed on the government’s no-fly list after refusing to serve as FBI informants could sue the FBI agents for damages.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 June 2026

Definition of informants

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