Accomplice

Sofia Cruz

Definition

Noun

a person who helps someone else to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong (Cambridge Dictionary)

Pronunciation

IPA: əˈkɑːm.plɪs 

Sample Sentences

"Based on eyewitness accounts, police believe the boy may be traveling with two teenage accomplices."(Percy Jackson, p. 197) 

"The thieves and two accomplices made away with over $25,000 in cash."(Cambridge Dictionary)

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Etymology

mid 16th century: 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’.

Source: https://www.etymonline.com/word/accomplice 

Translations

Swahili: mshiriki

Mandarin Chinese: 同案犯

Turkish: suç ortağı

Spanish: cómplice

Korean: 공범자 

Polish: wspólnik