accomplice

English

Etymology

Circa 15th century, from a complice, interpreted as one word, from Old French complice, from Late Latin complex (partner), from Latin complicare to complicate.

Noun

Wikipedia accomplice (plural accomplices)

1. (rare) A cooperator.

   • Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, V-ii

2. (law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

   • And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason. - Johnson
   • Suspected for accomplice to the fire. - John Dryden

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.

Translations

a cooperator

Dutch: handlanger (nl) m. French: complice (fr) m.

Portuguese: cúmplice (pt) Spanish: cómplice (es) m. and f.

an associate in the commission of a crime

Bulgarian: съучастник (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 幫兇 (zh), 帮凶 (zh) (bāngxiōng) Dutch: medeplichtige (nl) m. and f., handlanger (nl) m. Esperanto: kunkulpulo (eo), kunkulpulino (eo) Finnish: avunantaja French: complice (fr) m. and f. German: Mittäter (de) m., Mittäterin (de) f., Komplize (de) m., Komplizin (de) f. Greek: συνεργός (el) (synergós) m. Hungarian: bűnrészes (hu), bűntárs (hu), cinkos (hu)

Interlingua: Complice Italian: accomplice (it), correo (it) m. Japanese: 共犯者 (ja) (きょうはんしゃ, kyōhansha) Norwegian: medskyldig (no) Portuguese: cúmplice (pt) m. and f. Russian: соучастник (ru) (součástnik) m., соучастница (ru) (součástnica) f., сообщник (ru) (soóbščnik) m., сообщница (ru) (soóbščnica) f. Slovene: sokrivec m., sokrivka f. Spanish: cómplice (es) Volapük: (male or female) kedöban (vo), (male) hikedöban (vo), (female) jikedöban (vo)