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 Her accomplices, then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp and friend Shadolla Peterson, were previously sentenced to life and probation, respectively, in connection with the killing. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2026 All a novelist can do when representing Bush Two’s accomplices is to embody plausible ideologies in specific fictional characters. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Each has their own reasoning – some say any action AI would take that could wipe out humanity would need heavy involvement from human accomplices. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors also secured convictions against accomplices Syed Ruhel Ahmed, 46, Shahed Alom, 32, and Ruhel Choudhry, 36. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 Federal prosecutors collected the text messages, emails, bank withdrawals and deposits, and confessions of Diamantis accomplices in his bribery and extortion scheme. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026 The accomplices each needed to grab one warrant in plain sight with all the other contestants milling about or else face elimination. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 Their accomplices — played by Garret Dillahunt and Danielle Macdonald, among others — are mostly figures of fun, granted limited personality and motivation, as the film increasingly stages their doomed venture as ragged farce. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026 As Collin presents the French side of the Occupation, the Parisians are either victims, black-market opportunists, or accomplices of one sort or another. — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Likewise, both income cohorts were the most likely to pay the minimum or less on their credit cards—at approximately 45% of respondents.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
The most recent capstone project, another full remodel of a house purchased by the district, spanned three years’ worth of cohorts.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of cohorts

Noun

One of the villain’s henchmen was a small, shaggy blue creature with a long drooping snout and a sour expression that lived in a cigar box.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
Bird himself provides the voices for Xavier’s alien henchmen, Gunsol and Musker.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of henchmen

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The Islamic Scholarship Fund, New York production and post house Lost in Space, and Aneesa Talks, which filmmaker Aneesa Khan founded to support South Asian and Muslim creatives, have also signed on as partners.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Toyota plans to provide research access through the University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center, allowing other research partners to use its battery testing and evaluation capabilities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of partners

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After a few rounds, the confederates stopped including the real subject in their game of catch, quietly leaving the third person out.

— George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of confederates

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As for accessories, Williams sported silver shades and a shoulder bag, which just so happened to be the same color as a tennis ball in a neon yellow hue.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
That includes the lifetime SIM service and a bunch of mounting accessories.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of accessories

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Cseh, the archive's director, said successor governments to dictatorships rarely disclose the names of previous agents and informants, let alone records as detailed as those Hungary is preparing to release.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Of the plants, the informants identified eight that sick elephants appear to target for a specific therapeutic purpose, or what the study suggests is the strongest evidence of intentional self-medication.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of informants

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Galloping Out horses have been adopted for dressage, polo, for children with developmental disabilities, for trail riding, or simply as companions.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
His companions managed to drive the animal away and provide first aid before transporting him by boat to the village of Toora-Khem.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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