accomplice

The definition of an accomplice is a person who helps another person do something wrong or illegal.

(noun)

The driver of a get-away-car during a bank robbery is an example of an accomplice.

See accomplice in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who knowingly participates with another in an unlawful act; partner in crime

Origin: < ME a complice (the article a is merged, infl. by accomplish) < OFr complice < LL complex: see complice

See accomplice in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An associate in wrongdoing, especially one who aids or abets another in a criminal act, either as a principal or an accessory.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of complice

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