Library / English Dictionary

ACCOMPLICE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

Synonyms:

accomplice; confederate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("accomplice" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accomplice"):

decoy; steerer (a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot))

Credits

 Context examples: 

Then he implored me to keep his secret for three days longer, so as to give his wretched accomplice a chance of saving his guilty life.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You have condoned a felony, and you have aided the escape of a murderer, for I cannot doubt that any money which was taken by James Wilder to aid his accomplice in his flight came from your Grace’s purse.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)