Accomplice
noun
A person who helps someone else to commit a crime.
The thief's accomplice was arrested after the raid.
Often appears as...
- criminal accomplice
- accomplice to murder
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A person who helps someone else in a bad or dishonest activity.
She was accused of being an accomplice in her husband's embezzlement.
Often appears as...
- business accomplice
- fraudulent accomplice
noun
A person who helps someone else to commit a crime.
The thief's accomplice was arrested after the raid.
Often appears as...
- criminal accomplice
- accomplice to murder
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A person who helps someone else in a bad or dishonest activity.
She was accused of being an accomplice in her husband's embezzlement.
Often appears as...
- business accomplice
- fraudulent accomplice
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used in legal scenarios to describe an active participant in a crime, not an innocent bystander.
The driver was charged as an accomplice to the robbery.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Association
Implies a conscious decision to support illegal acts, highlighting moral responsibility.
By hiding the evidence, she became an unwitting accomplice.
Pro Tip 3/3Culpability
Suggests that the accomplice shares guilt for the primary person's crime.
Although he didn't steal, as an accomplice, he was still guilty.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used in legal scenarios to describe an active participant in a crime, not an innocent bystander.
The driver was charged as an accomplice to the robbery.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Association
Implies a conscious decision to support illegal acts, highlighting moral responsibility.
By hiding the evidence, she became an unwitting accomplice.
Pro Tip 3/3Culpability
Suggests that the accomplice shares guilt for the primary person's crime.
Although he didn't steal, as an accomplice, he was still guilty.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used in legal scenarios to describe an active participant in a crime, not an innocent bystander.
The driver was charged as an accomplice to the robbery.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Association
Implies a conscious decision to support illegal acts, highlighting moral responsibility.
By hiding the evidence, she became an unwitting accomplice.
Pro Tip 3/3Culpability
Suggests that the accomplice shares guilt for the primary person's crime.
Although he didn't steal, as an accomplice, he was still guilty.
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Video examples
Todd Humphreys: How to...
which his accomplice tells him is a tracking device accurate within two feet anywhere on the globe, but we know that in the world of nonfiction, the GPS dot is impossible, right? For one thing, GPS doesn't work indoors, and for another, they don't make devices quite this small,
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How to fool a GPS - Todd...
examining a GPS dot which his accomplice tells him is a tracking device accurate within 2 feet anywhere on the globe but we know that in the world of nonfiction the GPS dot is impossible right for one thing GPS doesn't work indoors
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The lie that invented...
or am I trying to figure out how to be a real accomplice to my colleagues of color? Seems to me wherever we show up, we need to show up with humility and vulnerability and a willingness to put down this power that we did not earn.
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Jorge Ramos: Why...
at any given moment, to set neutrality aside. Personally, I feel like I've been preparing for this moment my whole life. When they censored me when I was 24, I learned that neutrality, fear and silence often make you an accomplice
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How to seek truth in the...
in situations of grave violations of international and humanitarian law, if you don't understand what you're seeing, if you don't understand the truth and if you get trapped in the fake news paradigm, then you are an accomplice.
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Sting: How I started...
It was a battered old thing with five rusty strings, and was out of tune, but quickly I learned to play it and realized that I'd found a friend for life, an accomplice, a co-conspirator in my plan to escape from this surreal
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The mysterious life and...
In desperation, he shot Rasputin at point-blank range. But Rasputin recovered, punched his attacker, and fled. Yusupov and his accomplices pursued him, finally killing Rasputin with a bullet to the forehead
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The dark history of...
With a group of heavily armed accomplices, he set sail for Honduras in hopes of reclaiming power by whatever means necessary. Bonilla had a powerful backer, the future leader of a notorious organization
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Tim Cope: On the Trail...
later two years of seed first time on the horses I've seen the seat since up again almost two years ago taken by this point of the trip had become a leader and I was merely the accomplice he was
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Want a more just world?...
My fifth grade teacher, Mrs. McFarland, taught me that justice requires an accomplice. Not just anyone will do. She said we need unlikely allies
Video examples
Todd Humphreys: How to...
which his accomplice tells him is a tracking device accurate within two feet anywhere on the globe, but we know that in the world of nonfiction, the GPS dot is impossible, right? For one thing, GPS doesn't work indoors, and for another, they don't make devices quite this small,
Video examples
How to fool a GPS - Todd...
examining a GPS dot which his accomplice tells him is a tracking device accurate within 2 feet anywhere on the globe but we know that in the world of nonfiction the GPS dot is impossible right for one thing GPS doesn't work indoors
Video examples
The lie that invented...
or am I trying to figure out how to be a real accomplice to my colleagues of color? Seems to me wherever we show up, we need to show up with humility and vulnerability and a willingness to put down this power that we did not earn.
Video examples
Jorge Ramos: Why...
at any given moment, to set neutrality aside. Personally, I feel like I've been preparing for this moment my whole life. When they censored me when I was 24, I learned that neutrality, fear and silence often make you an accomplice
Video examples
How to seek truth in the...
in situations of grave violations of international and humanitarian law, if you don't understand what you're seeing, if you don't understand the truth and if you get trapped in the fake news paradigm, then you are an accomplice.
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
It was a battered old thing with five rusty strings, and was out of tune, but quickly I learned to play it and realized that I'd found a friend for life, an accomplice, a co-conspirator in my plan to escape from this surreal
Video examples
The mysterious life and...
In desperation, he shot Rasputin at point-blank range. But Rasputin recovered, punched his attacker, and fled. Yusupov and his accomplices pursued him, finally killing Rasputin with a bullet to the forehead
Video examples
The dark history of...
With a group of heavily armed accomplices, he set sail for Honduras in hopes of reclaiming power by whatever means necessary. Bonilla had a powerful backer, the future leader of a notorious organization
Video examples
Tim Cope: On the Trail...
later two years of seed first time on the horses I've seen the seat since up again almost two years ago taken by this point of the trip had become a leader and I was merely the accomplice he was
Video examples
Want a more just world?...
My fifth grade teacher, Mrs. McFarland, taught me that justice requires an accomplice. Not just anyone will do. She said we need unlikely allies
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch Politician
People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.
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Frank Abagnale
American Celebrity
Every breach you look at occurred because somebody inside did something they weren't supposed to do. Sometimes there's an accomplice, but most of the time, it's innocent.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
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Saul Bellow
American Novelist
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.
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Walter Mercado
Puerto Rican Celebrity
The moon is the accomplice of all things related to the heart.
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George Steiner
American Critic
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.
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John Galliano
British Designer
I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.
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Peter Shaffer
English Playwright
I was an accomplice in my own frustration.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch Politician
People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.
Quote examples
Frank Abagnale
American Celebrity
Every breach you look at occurred because somebody inside did something they weren't supposed to do. Sometimes there's an accomplice, but most of the time, it's innocent.
Quote examples
Will Rogers
American Actor
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
Quote examples
Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
Quote examples
Saul Bellow
American Novelist
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
Quote examples
Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.
Quote examples
Walter Mercado
Puerto Rican Celebrity
The moon is the accomplice of all things related to the heart.
Quote examples
George Steiner
American Critic
Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.
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John Galliano
British Designer
I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.
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Peter Shaffer
English Playwright
I was an accomplice in my own frustration.
Example 1 of 10
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