accomplice

English

Etymology

• First attested in the 1580's.
• From Middle English a + complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicare (“fold together”)

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /ə.ˈkɒm.plɪs/

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

• Catalan: còmplice (ca) m and f
• Dutch: handlanger (nl) m
• French: complice (fr) m and f
• Macedonian: соучесник (mk) (soúčesnik) m, соизвршител (mk) (soizv'ršitel) m

• Portuguese: cúmplice (pt)
• Spanish: cómplice (es) m and f
• Swedish: medhjälpare (sv) c

an associate in the commission of a crime

• Bulgarian: съучастник (bg) (sǎučastnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幫兇 (cmn), 帮凶 (cmn) (bāngxiōng)

• Czech: spolupachatel (cs) m, spoluviník (cs) m, komplic (cs) m
• 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)
• Macedonian: соучесник (mk) (soúčesnik) m, соизвршител (mk) (soizv'ršitel) m
• 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)
• Swedish: medbrottsling (sv), medskyldig (sv) c
• Telugu: తోడుదొంగ (te)
• Volapük: (male or female) kedöban (vo), (male) hikedöban (vo), (female) jikedöban (vo)