accomplice

  • 21accomplice — ac|com|plice [əˈkʌmplıs US əˈka:m , əˈkʌm ] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a complice, mistaken for acomplice; complice accomplice (15 19 centuries) from Old French, from Late Latin complex, from Latin complicare ( COMPLICATE)] a… …

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  • 22accomplice — ac|com|plice [ ə kʌmplıs ] noun count someone who helps another person do something illegal or wrong: She s serving life for acting as an accomplice to murder …

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  • 23accomplice — [15] This word was borrowed into English (from French) as complice (and complice stayed in common usage until late in the 19th century). It comes from Latin complex, which is related to English complicated, and originally meant simply ‘an… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24accomplice — /əˈkʌmpləs / (say uh kumpluhs), / ˈkɒm / (say kom ) noun an associate in a crime; partner in wrongdoing. {earlier complice, from French, from Medieval Latin complex, complicis close associate, confederate; the phrase a complice became accomplice… …

  • 25accomplice — [15] This word was borrowed into English (from French) as complice (and complice stayed in common usage until late in the 19th century). It comes from Latin complex, which is related to English complicated, and originally meant simply ‘an… …

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  • 26accomplice witness — A person who is a witness to a crime and also charged as an accomplice to the same crime. Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009. accomplice witness …

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  • 27Accomplice (1946 film) — Accomplice is a 1946 black and white film. The film, from Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), was shot in four days.Detective Simon Lash is hired by an old girlfriend to find her missing husband, but the subsequent investigation turns up more… …

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  • 28accomplice in crime — index abettor, accessory, coactor, conspirer, copartner (coconspirator) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29accomplice witness — A person who either as principal, accomplice, or accessory, was connected with crime by unlawful act or omission on his part, transpiring either before, at time of, or after commission of offense, and whether or not he was present and… …

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  • 30accomplice witness — A person who either as principal, accomplice, or accessory, was connected with crime by unlawful act or omission on his part, transpiring either before, at time of, or after commission of offense, and whether or not he was present and… …

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