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^(key): /ə.ˈkɒm.plɪs/
• Hyphenation: ac‧com‧plice

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

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

an associate in the commission of a crime

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

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

• Czech: spolupachatel m, spoluviník m, komplic m
• Dutch: medeplichtige (nl) m, f, handlanger (nl) m
• Esperanto: kunkulpulo, kunkulpulino
• Finnish: avunantaja
• French: complice (fr) m, f
• German: Mittäter m, Mittäterin f, Komplize (de) m, Komplizin f
• Greek: συνεργός (el) m (synergós)
• Hungarian: bűnrészes (hu), bűntárs (hu), cinkos (hu)
• Interlingua: Complice

• Italian: complice (it) m, f, correo (it) m, correa f
• Japanese: 共犯者 (きょうはんしゃ, kyōhansha)
• Macedonian: соучесник m (soúčesnik), соизвршител m (soizv'ršitel)
• Norwegian: medskyldig
• Portuguese: cúmplice (pt) m, f
• Russian: соучастник (ru) m (součástnik), соучастница (ru) f (součástnica), сообщник (ru) m (soóbščnik), сообщница (ru) f (soóbščnica)
• Slovene: sokrivec m, sokrivka f
• Spanish: cómplice m, f
• Swedish: medbrottsling, medskyldig c
• Telugu: తోడుదొంగ (te) (tōḍudomga)
• Volapük: (♂♀) kedöban, (♂) hikedöban, (♀) jikedöban