accomplice
noun
ac·com·plice
ə-ˈkäm-pləs 
-ˈkəm-
-ˈkəm-
: one associated with another especially in wrongdoing
was convicted as an accomplice to murder
Examples of accomplice in a Sentence
He was convicted as an accomplice to murder.
the thief and his accomplices were eventually caught and brought to justice
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Police in Louisiana believe the suspect accused of murdering a TV reporter in town to cover the Super Bowl planned numerous drugging schemes over several years with an accomplice, according to a report.
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Gary man charged as accomplice in Howell murder
A Gary man faces charges as an accomplice in a woman’s murder at the Willows Apartments.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Goodson was arrested four days later with an accomplice by a fugitive task force after fleeing to Utica, according to NBC4 New York.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
And on April 25, 2022, Guevara-Espinoza and two other accomplices took another person’s car at gunpoint in Daly City, according to prosecutors.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Gary man charged as accomplice in Howell murder
A Gary man faces charges as an accomplice in a woman’s murder at the Willows Apartments.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Goodson was arrested four days later with an accomplice by a fugitive task force after fleeing to Utica, according to NBC4 New York.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
And on April 25, 2022, Guevara-Espinoza and two other accomplices took another person’s car at gunpoint in Daly City, according to prosecutors.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for accomplice
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“Accomplice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accomplice. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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accomplice
noun
ac·com·plice
ə-ˈkäm-pləs
-ˈkəm-
-ˈkəm-
: someone associated with another in wrongdoing
Legal Definition
accomplice
noun
ac·com·plice
ə-ˈkäm-pləs, -ˈkəm-
: one who intentionally and voluntarily participates with another in a crime by encouraging or assisting in the commission of the crime or by failing to prevent it though under a duty to do so
the accomplice of the burglar
an accomplice in a robbery
Etymology
alteration (from incorrect division of a complice) of complice, from Middle French, associate, from Late Latin complic- complex partner, confederate
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