accomplice - Longman Dictionary

accomplice meaning, definition, what is accomplice: a person who helps someone such as a cri...: Learn more. accompliceFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishaccompliceac‧com‧plice/əˈkʌmplɪs$əˈkɑːm-,əˈkʌm-/noun[countable]    HELPapersonwhohelpssomeonesuchasacriminaltodosomethingwrongExamplesfromtheCorpusaccomplice•Aftertherobbery,themenescapedinastolencardrivenbyanaccomplice.•Evanscouldnothavecarriedouttherobberywithoutanaccomplice.•GutierrezandtwopeopleaccusedofbeingaccomplicesweremovedtotheAlmoloyaprison,outsidethecapital.•Twootherboyswereaccusedofbeingaccomplicesintheattack.•Andbygoingalongwithit,allhisguestswere,togreaterorlesserdegrees,accomplicesinthefraud.•Butspeculationaboutwhetherhehadaccompliceshasrunamok.•Shorterandhisaccompliceswerearrestedwithoutastruggle.•AtCambridgehewasalwaysthecentreofacircleoffriends,willingaccomplicesinhisendlessschemesandparties.Originaccomplice(1500-1600)Probablyfromacomplice,mistakenforacomplice;complice“accomplice”((15-19centuries))fromOldFrench,fromLateLatincomplex,fromLatincomplicare(→ COMPLICATE) Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Education Letters&punctuation Offices Voting Seealltopics Wordoftheday glue astickysubstanceusedforjoiningthingstogether