Definition of accomplice

Definitions

accomplice

noun

(rare) A cooperator.

Quotations

Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his 'accomplices! - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, V-ii
1. An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

Quotations

And thou, the cursed of his treason. - Johnson

Note: It is followed by with or of before a person and by in (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with to before a thing.

Quotations

Suspected for to the fire. - Dryden

Translations:

Dutch: medeplichtige m,f, handlanger
French: complice
German: Mittí¤ter
(trans-mid)
Italian: accomplice, correo
Spanish: cómplice
(trans-bottom)

Etymology: Ac- (perhaps for the article a or for Latin ad) + English complice. See complice

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