accomplice

Etymology

First attested in the 1580s. From Middle English accomplice, from a complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicare (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.

noun

  1. (law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
    And thou, the curst accomplice of her treason, Declare thy message, and expect thy doom 1749, Samuel Johnson, Irene
  2. (rare) A cooperator.

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