Meaning

2 senses
  1. An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

    Mittäter, Mittäterin, Komplize

    соуча́стникsoučástnik, соуча́стницаsoučástnica, соо́бщникsoóbščnik

    співуча́сникspivučásnyk, співуча́сницяspivučásnycja, спі́льникspílʹnyk

  2. (rare)A cooperator.

    Mitarbeiter, Mittäter, Partner

    помо́щникpomóščnik, помо́щницаpomóščnica

More definitions
  • a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

Examples

45 sentences
  1. Tom may have had an accomplice.

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  2. He was considered to be an accomplice.

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  3. They thought that he was an accomplice.

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  4. The police say they know you had an accomplice.

    ruВ полиции говорят, что знают, что у вас был сообщник.

    deDie Polizei sagt, es sei bekannt, dass du einen Komplizen hattest.

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  5. Tom refused to tell the police who his accomplice was.

    ruТом отказался выдавать полиции своего сообщника.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
associate in the commission of a crime:
Русский
By meaning 2
associate in the commission of a crime:
cooperator:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
associate in the commission of a crime:
cooperator:

Origin

First attested in 1550. From a complice, from Middle English complice, from Old French com

First attested in 1550. From a complice, from Middle English complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicāre (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.

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Forms

plural: accomplices
Singularaccomplice
Pluralaccomplices

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan):confederate

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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