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Word: Accomplice
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: alteration (probably by association with accompany) of Middle English complice ‘an associate’, via Old French from late Latin complex, complic- ‘allied’, from com- ‘together’ + the root of plicare ‘to fold’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈkʌmplɪs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈkɒmplɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person who helps another commit a crime
Short Definition:person who helps another commit crime
Examples:- an accomplice in the murder
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