complice

The definition of a complice is another word for an accomplice, an associate or a partner, particularly in a crime.

(noun)

An example of a complice is a person who helps someone rob a bank.

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See complice in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Archaic an accomplice or associate

Origin: ME & OFr < LL complex, a participant, confederate < L complicare: see complicate

See complice in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Archaic
An associate; an accomplice.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin complex, complic-, one closely connected with

Origin: : Latin com-, com-

Origin: + Latin plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots

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