Ac*com"plice (#), n. [Ac- (perh. for the article a or for L. ad) + E. complice. See Complice.]
1.
A cooperator.
[R.]
Success unto our valiant general,
And happiness to his accomplices!
Shak.
2. Law
An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
"And thou, the cursed
accomplice of his treason."
Johnson. It is followed by
with or
of before a person and by
in (or sometimes
of) before the crime; as, A was an
accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with
to before a thing. "Suspected for
accomplice to the fire."
Dryden.
Syn. -- Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate; coadjutor; ally; promoter. See Abettor.
© Webster 1913.