accomplice

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkʌm.plɪ̈s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkɑm.pləs/, /ə.ˈkɑm.plɪ̈s/
• 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
• Italian: complice (it) m, collaboratore (it) m, basista (it) m, coadiuvante (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Macedonian: соу́чесник m ‎(soúčesnik), соизвр́шител m ‎(soizvŕšitel)
• Persian: شریک (fa) ‎(šarik)
• Portuguese: cúmplice (pt) m, f
• Russian: помощник (ru) m ‎(pomoščnik)
• Spanish: cómplice m, f
• Swedish: medhjälpare (sv) c

an associate in the commission of a crime

• Bulgarian: съуча́стник (bg) m ‎(sǎučástnik)
• 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 (de) m, Mittäterin f, Komplize (de) m, Komplizin (de) 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, basista (it) m
• Japanese: 共犯者 ‎(きょうはんしゃ, kyōhansha)
• Macedonian: соу́чесник m ‎(soúčesnik), соизвр́шител m ‎(soizvŕšitel)
• Norwegian: medskyldig
• Persian: شریک جرم ‎(šarik-e jorm)
• Portuguese: cúmplice (pt) m, f
• Russian: соуча́стник (ru) m ‎(součástnik), соуча́стница (ru) f ‎(součástnica), соо́бщник (ru) m ‎(soóbščnik), соо́бщница (ru) f ‎(soóbščnica), посо́бник (ru) m ‎(posóbnik), посо́бница (ru) f ‎(posóbnica), подельник (ru) ‎(podelʹnik), приспешник (ru) ‎(prispešnik), клеврет (ru) ‎(klevret)
• Slovene: sokrivec m, sokrivka f
• Spanish: cómplice m, f
• Swedish: medbrottsling, medskyldig c
• Telugu: తోడుదొంగ (te) ‎(tōḍudoṃga)
• Volapük: (♂♀) kedöban, (♂) hikedöban, (♀) jikedöban