ACCOMPLICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accomplice mean? 

• ACCOMPLICE (noun)
  The noun ACCOMPLICE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ACCOMPLICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCOMPLICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

accomplice; confederate

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))

 Context examples 

He would try by a few attentions to make his peace with the girl Howells, and then would engage her as his accomplice.

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

He nearly made the girl an accomplice in the treason by telling her his plans.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“The matter was perfectly simple. You, of course, saw that everyone in the street was an accomplice. They were all engaged for the evening.”

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

I know enough of law to understand that Mary would be held as accomplice.

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

This also added to my wretchedness, and to crown all, I was haunted by the thought of the tragedy that had once been acted on that plateau, when that ungodly buccaneer with the blue face—he who died at Savannah, singing and shouting for drink—had there, with his own hand, cut down his six accomplices.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Here he is, sending out messages to an accomplice—there are several of his gang in London.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, well, the point is a minor one, and when you have Randall you will probably find no difficulty in securing his accomplice.

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

The method was no doubt suggested to Clay’s ingenious mind by the colour of his accomplice’s hair.

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

Silver was roundly accused of playing double—of trying to make a separate peace for himself, of sacrificing the interests of his accomplices and victims, and, in one word, of the identical, exact thing that he was doing.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Well, you realise your position, you and your accomplice here.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)