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I was an accomplice in my own frustration.
Peter Shaffer

Meaning of "accomplice" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACCOMPLICE

From a complice, interpreted as one word.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ACCOMPLICE

accomplice  [əˈkɒmplɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCOMPLICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Accomplice is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACCOMPLICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

accomplice

Accomplice

At law, an accomplice is a person who actively participates in the commission of a crime, even though they take no part in the actual criminal offense. For example, in a bank robbery, the person who points the gun at the teller and asks for the money is guilty of armed robbery. However, anyone else directly involved in the commission of the crime, such as the lookout or the getaway car driver, is an accomplice, even though in the absence of an underlying offense keeping a lookout or driving a car would not be an offense. An accomplice differs from an accessory in that an accomplice is present at the actual crime, and could be prosecuted even if the main criminal is not charged or convicted. An accessory is generally not present at the actual crime, and may be subject to lesser penalties than an accomplice or principal. An accomplice was often referred to as an abettor. This term is not in active use in the United States, having been replaced by accomplice. At law, an accomplice has the same degree of guilt as the person he or she is assisting, is subject to prosecution for the same crime, and faces the same criminal penalties.

Definition of accomplice in the English dictionary

The definition of accomplice in the dictionary is a person who helps another in committing a crime.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACCOMPLICE


complice
ˈkɒmplɪs
dripless
ˈdrɪplɪs
gapless
ˈɡæplɪs
hapless
ˈhæplɪs
helpless
ˈhɛlplɪs
hopeless
ˈhəʊplɪs
pulpless
ˈpʌlplɪs
pumpless
ˈpʌmplɪs
rumpless
ˈrʌmplɪs
sapless
ˈsæplɪs
shapeless
ˈʃeɪplɪs
sleepless
ˈsliːplɪs
soapless
ˈsəʊplɪs
stampless
ˈstæmplɪs
strapless
ˈstræplɪs
surplice
ˈsɜːplɪs
swampless
ˈswɒmplɪs
tapeless
ˈteɪplɪs
topless
ˈtɒplɪs
zipless
ˈzɪplɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCOMPLICE

accommodations
accommodative
accommodator
accompanied
accompanier
accompanies
accompaniment
accompanist
accompany
accompanying
accompanying letter
accompanyist
accomplish
accomplishable
accomplished
accomplisher
accomplishment
accompt
accomptable
accomptant

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCOMPLICE

airport police
Alice
chalice
chief of police
county police
delice
eye splice
lice
malice
Metropolitan Police
military police
police
resplice
riot police
semplice
slice
splice
State police
the police
Transport Police

Synonyms and antonyms of accomplice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ACCOMPLICE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «accomplice» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of accomplice

Translation of «accomplice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCOMPLICE

Find out the translation of accomplice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of accomplice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «accomplice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

同伙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cómplice
570 millions of speakers

English

accomplice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साथी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَرِيكٌ في جَرِيـمَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сообщник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cúmplice
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যোগদানকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

complice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rakan sejenayah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Komplize
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

共犯者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공범
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kasepakatan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tòng phạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனைவியை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साथीदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suç ortağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

complice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wspólnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

співучасник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

complice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνεργός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

medepligtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

medbrottsling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

medskyldig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of accomplice

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCOMPLICE»

The term «accomplice» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCOMPLICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «accomplice» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «accomplice» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about accomplice

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10 QUOTES WITH «ACCOMPLICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word accomplice.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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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Saul Bellow
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
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Joseph Conrad
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
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John Galliano
I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.
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Remy de Gourmont
Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.
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Bess Myerson
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.
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Charles Peguy
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
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Tom Robbins
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.
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Peter Shaffer
I was an accomplice in my own frustration.
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Gail Sheehy
Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCOMPLICE»

Discover the use of accomplice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to accomplice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Accomplice
Best friends Finn and Chloe hatch a daring plot to fake Chloe's disappearance from their rural New Jersey town in order to have something compelling to put on their college applications, but unforeseen events complicate matters.
Eireann Corrigan, 2011
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Accomplice
Would you fake your own kidnapping to get into a good school?
Eireann Corrigan, 2010
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Your New Job Title Is Accomplice: A Dilbert Book
DIVAs fresh a look at the inanity of office life as it brought to the comics pages when it first appeared in 1989, this 40th AMP Dilbert collection comically confirms to the working public that we all really know what's going on.
Adams, Scott, 2013
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The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill ...
In The Assassin’s Accomplice, historian Kate Clifford Larson tells the gripping story of Mary Surratt, a little-known participant in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, and the first woman ever to be executed by the federal government of ...
Kate Clifford Larson, 2011
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Accomplice
Short-listed for the 2012 SYRCA Snow Willow Award Lexie Malton is an average Vancouver teen with fairly typical issues.
Valerie Sherrard, 2011
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The tinkerer's accomplice: how design emerges from life itself
Only when we add environmental physiology to natural selection can we begin to understand the beautiful fit between the form life takes and the way life works.
J. Scott Turner, 2009
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Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of France's Role in the ...
The Untold Story of France's Role in the Rwandan Genocide Andrew Wallis. Prejudice against the 'anglophone' RPF blinded any French policy reassessment. An African strategic expert confided, 'it is not possible to tolerate this attack from ...
Andrew Wallis, 2014
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The Accomplice
This is the story of one of the most shocking events of the seventeenth century: the wreck of a Dutch ship, the Batavia, off the west coast of Australia, and the extraordinary events that befell its stranded survivors.
Kathryn Heyman, 2012
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The Accomplice: A Novel
But can he extricate himself and salvage the career he loves? And can he do so with his soul intact? A brilliantly plotted and characterized political novel, The Accomplice takes readers into the guts of a brutal presidential campaign.
Charles Robbins, 2012
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Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West
From Accomplice to Evil: “The world is simmering in the familiar rhetoric and actions of movements and regimes—from Hezbollah and al Qaeda to the Iranian Khomeinists and the Saudi Wahhabis—who swear to destroy us and others like us, ...
Michael A. Ledeen, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCOMPLICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term accomplice is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why does UN hire G4S, accomplice to Israeli torture?
Palestinian human rights groups urge Ban Ki-moon to end the UN's contracts with G4S. Mark Garten UN Photo. While Israel increases its use of ... «The Electronic Intifada, Jul 15»
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Man pleads no contest after accomplice was found guilty
Benitez, a co-defendant in the Snap-On tools burglary, originally had a preliminary hearing scheduled, but he opted to plea after his accomplice ... «Hutchinson News, Jul 15»
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Moeller denies Rule 35 motion for accomplice in Sugar City robbery
REXBURG — A man who aided in robbing Brad's Exxon was denied any leniency regarding his sentence and will continue to serve out his ... «Rexburg Standard Journal, Jul 15»
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Who Is Sita Abellan? Rihanna's "BBHMM" Accomplice Is An …
Rihanna's going to raise more than one eyebrow with her explicit “Bitch Better Have My Money” video. As always, the good girl gone bad takes ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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Tunisia attack gunman's 'accomplice' Rafikhe Tayari has already …
An alleged accomplice of the crazed Tunisian gunman who shot 38 innocent tourists dead is trying to smuggle himself into Europe, his family ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Jury recommends life in prison for accomplice in Chapel Hill-area …
An Akron man learned his fate Wednesday when a jury recommended a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after serving 25 ... «Akron Beacon Journal, Jul 15»
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British Comedy Director Ben Whitehouse Launches US Career via …
Los Angeles— Continuing to broaden its roster of commercial filmmakers, Accomplice Media has signed comedy director Ben Whitehouse for ... «Adland, Jul 15»
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Accomplice in robbery sentenced to 18 months
The first of three people convicted in the armed robbery of a woman March 10 outside Franklin Park Mall has been sentenced to 18 months in ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
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VentureApp, with backing from Accomplice, wants to link founders …
The founders of two local marketing and media startups, DailyBreak and Streetwise Media, have banded together on a new project called ... «BetaBoston, Jun 15»
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Ohio teen gets 25 years to life in prison as accomplice in …
AKRON, Ohio – A judge has sentenced a 16-year-old boy to 25 years to life in adult prison as an accomplice in the sledgehammer slayings of a ... «Fox News, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Accomplice [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/accomplice>. May 2024 ».
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