Definitions
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Childleſs Arturius, vaſtly rich before, / Thus by his Loſſes multiplies his Store: / Suſpected for Accomplice to the Fire, / That burnt his Palace but to build it higher.”
“And thou, the curs’d Accomplice of her Treaſon, / Declare thy Meſſage, and expect thy Doom.”
“Succeſſe vnto our valiant Generall, / And happineſſe to his accomplices.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Partner in crime”10 letters
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