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accomplice

N ผู้สมรู้ร่วมคิด  ผู้สมคบ  associate phu-som-ru-ruam-khid

 

accompliceship

N ความสัมพันธ์ แบบ สมรู้ร่วมคิด  kwam-sam-pan-bab-som-ru-ruam-kid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCOMPLICE

n.[L. complicatus, folded together, of con, with, and plico, to fold. See Complex and Pledge. ] An associate in a crime; a partner or partaker in guilt. It was formerly used in a good sense for a co-operator, but this sense is wholly obsolete. It is followed by with before a person; as A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with to before a thing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACCOMPLICE

Ac *com "plice, n. Etym: [Ac- (perh. for the article a or for L. ad ) +E. complice. See Complice. ]

 

1. A cooperator. [R.] Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! Shak.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. "And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason. " Johnson.

 

Note: It is followed by with or of before a person and by in (or sometimes of ) before the crime; as, A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with to before a thing. "Suspected for accomplice to the fire. " Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate; coadjutor; ally; promoter. See Abettor.

 

ACCOMPLICESHIP

ACCOMPLICESHIP Ac *com "plice *ship, n.

 

Defn: The state of being an accomplice. [R.] Sir H. Taylor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

accomplice

ac com plice |əˈkämplis əˈkɑmpləs | noun a person who helps another commit a crime. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration (probably by association with accompany ) of Middle English complice an associate, via Old French from late Latin complex, complic- allied, from com- together + the root of plicare to fold.

 

Oxford Dictionary

accomplice

accomplice |əˈkʌmplɪs, əˈkɒm -| noun a person who helps another commit a crime. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration (probably by association with accompany ) of Middle English complice an associate , via Old French from late Latin complex, complic- allied , from com- together + the root of plicare to fold .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

accomplice

accomplice noun police have reason to believe that Johnson had two accomplices, possibly his wife and brother: partner in crime, associate, accessory, abettor, confederate, collaborator, fellow conspirator, co-conspirator; henchman; informal sidekick.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

accomplice

accomplice noun he was arrested as an accomplice to murder: abetter, accessory, partner in crime, associate, confederate, collaborator, fellow conspirator, co-conspirator; henchman; rare conniver.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

accomplice

ac com plice /əkɑ́mpləs |əkʌ́mplɪs, əkɔ́m -/名詞 C 【犯罪の 】共犯者, 共謀者 «in , to » .