accomplice
noun
ac·com·plice
ə-ˈkäm-pləs 
-ˈkəm-
-ˈkəm-
: one associated with another especially in wrongdoing
was convicted as an accomplice to murder
Examples of accomplice in a Sentence
He was convicted as an accomplice to murder.
the thief and his accomplices were eventually caught and brought to justice
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Her alleged accomplice, Elton Hightower, was arrested on charges of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon.
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Christine Pelisek, People.com, 26 May 2025
Boyd allegedly struck the victim with a vehicle before an accomplice shot him in the head, according to the outlet.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Valeria Márquez, 23, a model and beauty influencer with more than 113,000 followers on TikTok, collapsed on camera after being shot in the head and chest by a masked gunman who fled the scene on a motorbike with an accomplice, prosecutors said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
This teenager also sent photographs of himself and an accomplice dressed in the same clothing and posing in the same way as the Columbine school shooters to the Tennessee resident.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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Christine Pelisek, People.com, 26 May 2025
Boyd allegedly struck the victim with a vehicle before an accomplice shot him in the head, according to the outlet.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Valeria Márquez, 23, a model and beauty influencer with more than 113,000 followers on TikTok, collapsed on camera after being shot in the head and chest by a masked gunman who fled the scene on a motorbike with an accomplice, prosecutors said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
This teenager also sent photographs of himself and an accomplice dressed in the same clothing and posing in the same way as the Columbine school shooters to the Tennessee resident.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for accomplice
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“Accomplice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accomplice. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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accomplice
noun
ac·com·plice
ə-ˈkäm-pləs
-ˈkəm-
-ˈkəm-
: someone associated with another in wrongdoing
Legal Definition
accomplice
noun
ac·com·plice
ə-ˈkäm-pləs, -ˈkəm-
: one who intentionally and voluntarily participates with another in a crime by encouraging or assisting in the commission of the crime or by failing to prevent it though under a duty to do so
the accomplice of the burglar
an accomplice in a robbery
Etymology
alteration (from incorrect division of a complice) of complice, from Middle French, associate, from Late Latin complic- complex partner, confederate
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