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accomplice

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /əˈkɒm.plɪs/
  • UK: /əˈkʌm.plɪs/
  • US: /əˈkɑm.pləs/
  • US: /əˈkɑm.plɪs/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 K AA1 M P L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: criminology, human-sciences, law, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cooperator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confederate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assistant, helper, help, supporter

Narrower terms: decoy, steerer

History

Etymology

First attested in 1550. From a complice, from Middle English complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicāre (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.

Across languages

Translations

155 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَرِيك فِي جَرِيمَة (šarīk fī jarīma) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Armenian: հանցակից (hancʻakicʻ) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Armenian: մեղսակից (meġsakicʻ) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Belarusian: саўдзе́льнік (sawdzjélʹnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Belarusian: саўдзе́льніца (sawdzjélʹnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Belarusian: супо́льнік (supólʹnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Belarusian: супо́льніца (supólʹnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Bulgarian: съуча́стник (sǎučástnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Bulgarian: съуча́стничка (sǎučástnička) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Bulgarian: съуча́стница (sǎučástnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Catalan: còmplice — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幫兇 /帮凶 (bāngxiōng) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Chinese Mandarin: 共犯 (gòngfàn) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Chinese Mandarin: 共謀 /共谋 (gòngmóu) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同謀 /同谋 (tóngmóu) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同夥 /同伙 (tónghuǒ) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Czech: spolupachatel — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Czech: spolupachatelka — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Czech: spoluviník — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Czech: spoluviníce — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Czech: komplic — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Danish: medskyldig — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Dutch: medeplichtige — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Dutch: handlanger — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Esperanto: kunkrimulo — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Esperanto: kunkulpulo — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Esperanto: kunkulpulino — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Estonian: kaasosaline — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Finnish: osallinen — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Finnish: rikokseen osallinen — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Finnish: rikoksentekijä — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Finnish: avunantaja — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Finnish: rikostoveri — associate in the commission of a crime
  • French: complice — associate in the commission of a crime
  • French: comparse — associate in the commission of a crime
  • French: compère — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Georgian: თანამონაწილე (tanamonac̣ile) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • German: Mittäter — associate in the commission of a crime
  • German: Mittäterin — associate in the commission of a crime
  • German: Komplize — associate in the commission of a crime
  • German: Komplizin — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Greek: συνεργός (synergós) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Ancient Greek: συνεργός (sunergós) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Ancient Greek: συνέντης (sunéntēs) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Hindi: सहापराधी (sahāprādhī) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Hindi: अभिषंगी (abhiṣaṅgī) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Hindi: अपराध में साझी (aprādh mẽ sājhī) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Hindi: जुर्म में साथी (jurm mẽ sāthī) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Hungarian: bűnrészes — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Hungarian: bűntárs — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Hungarian: cinkos — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Icelandic: vitorðsmaður — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Irish: comhchoirí — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Italian: complice — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Italian: correo — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Italian: correa — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Italian: basista — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Japanese: 共犯者 (kyōhansha) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Japanese: 共犯 (kyōhan) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Kazakh: қылмыстас (qylmystas) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Korean: 공범 (gongbeom) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Korean: 공범자 (gongbeomja) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Kyrgyz: кылмышташ (kılmıştaş) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Latin: correus — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Latvian: līdzdalībnieks — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Lithuanian: bendrininkas — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Macedonian: соучесник (součesnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Macedonian: соучесница (součesnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Macedonian: соизвршител (soizvršitel) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Macedonian: соизвршителка (soizvršitelka) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Norwegian Bokmål: medskyldig — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Persian: شریک جرم (šarik-e jorm) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Persian: همدست (hamdast) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Polish: wspólnik — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Polish: wspólniczka — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Polish: współsprawca — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Polish: współsprawczyni — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Portuguese: cúmplice — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Romanian: complice — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: соуча́стник (součástnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: соуча́стница (součástnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: соо́бщник (soóbščnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: соо́бщница (soóbščnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: посо́бник (posóbnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: посо́бница (posóbnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: поде́льник (podélʹnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: поде́льница (podélʹnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: приспе́шник (prispéšnik) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: приспе́шница (prispéšnica) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Russian: клевре́т (klevrét) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Serbo-Croatian: суу̀чеснӣк — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Serbo-Croatian: суу̀чесница — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Serbo-Croatian: сау̀чеснӣк — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Serbo-Croatian: сау̀чесница — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Serbo-Croatian: suùčesnīk — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Serbo-Croatian: suùčesnica — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Serbo-Croatian: saùčesnīk — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Serbo-Croatian: saùčesnica — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Slovak: komplic — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Slovak: spolupáchateľ — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Slovak: spolupáchateľka — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Slovene: sokrivec — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Slovene: sokrivka — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Spanish: cómplice — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Swedish: medbrottsling — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Swedish: medgärningsman — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Swedish: medskyldig — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Swedish: kumpan — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Tagalog: kasabwat — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Telugu: తోడుదొంగ (tōḍudoṅga) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Turkish: suç ortağı — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Ukrainian: співуча́сник (spivučásnyk) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Ukrainian: співуча́сниця (spivučásnycja) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Ukrainian: спі́льник (spílʹnyk) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Ukrainian: спі́льниця (spílʹnycja) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Ukrainian: поплі́чник (poplíčnyk) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Ukrainian: поплі́чниця (poplíčnycja) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Urdu: شَرِیکِ جُر٘م (śarīk-e jurm) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Urdu: جرم میں ساتھی (jurm mẽ sāthī) — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Uzbek: qatnashgan odam — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Vietnamese: đồng lõa — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Vietnamese: đồng phạm — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Vietnamese: tòng phạm — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Volapük: kedöban — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Volapük: hikedöban — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Volapük: jikedöban — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Welsh: acwmplydd — associate in the commission of a crime
  • Catalan: còmplice — cooperator
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合作者 (hézuòzhě) — cooperator
  • Dutch: handlanger — cooperator
  • Finnish: apulainen — cooperator
  • Finnish: apuri — cooperator
  • Finnish: kätyri — cooperator
  • French: complice — cooperator
  • German: Mitarbeiter — cooperator
  • German: Mittäter — cooperator
  • German: Partner — cooperator
  • German: Handlanger — cooperator
  • German: Helfer — cooperator
  • Ancient Greek: συνεργός (sunergós) — cooperator
  • Italian: complice — cooperator
  • Italian: collaboratore — cooperator
  • Italian: basista — cooperator
  • Italian: coadiuvante — cooperator
  • Macedonian: соучесник (součesnik) — cooperator
  • Macedonian: соучесница (součesnica) — cooperator
  • Macedonian: соизвршител (soizvršitel) — cooperator
  • Macedonian: соизвршителка (soizvršitelka) — cooperator
  • Persian: شریک (šarik) — cooperator
  • Portuguese: cúmplice — cooperator
  • Russian: помо́щник (pomóščnik) — cooperator
  • Russian: помо́щница (pomóščnica) — cooperator
  • Spanish: cómplice — cooperator
  • Spanish: fautor — cooperator
  • Swedish: medhjälpare — cooperator
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