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Definition of Accomplice

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

Definition of Accomplice

1. n. A cooperator.

Definition of Accomplice

1. Noun. (context: rare) A cooperator. ¹

2. Noun. (context: legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Accomplice

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Accomplice

1. A bacterium which accompanies the main infecting agent in a mixed infection and which influences the virulence of the main organism. Origin: M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. Comples, closely connected (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accomplice

Literary usage of Accomplice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1904)
"Same : (5) Who is an Accomplice, In the application of the rule requiring corroboration, the definition of an accomplice, as made by the substantive law, ..."

2. A Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases by Austin Abbott, William Constantine Beecher (1902)
"Accomplice AS WITNESS. 12. Necessity of corroboration. The accused against whom the testimony of an accomplice has been received has a right to have the ..."

3. The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: In Their Application to the by Frank Sumner Rice (1894)
"Cross-examination of an Accomplice. 326. Eights of an Accomplice Giving ... Who Is an Accomplice.—An accomplice is a person involved either directly or ..."

4. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"(M) And if an accomplice, aller being received as a witness .against Ыв (у) In the case of ... The equitable claim to pardon does not protect an accomplice ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps, Andrew Amos (1838)
"If an accomplice is himself separately indicted for the same offence, ... (2) Where it is intended to make this application, the ac- Accomplice complice ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"Trial —jury —accomplice. 1. Whether or not a witness is an accomplice of accused is for the determination of the jury on conflicting évidence, ..."

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