noun
Meaning 1
A criminal accomplice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
partner in crime
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noun
Meaning 2
A close associate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who assists in a plot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confederate, collaborator, henchman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accessory, accessary
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: rikostoveri — criminal accomplice
- Finnish: rikoskumppani — criminal accomplice
- French: complice — criminal accomplice
- Latin: correus — criminal accomplice
- Polish: wspólnik zbroni — criminal accomplice
- Polish: wspólniczka zbroni — criminal accomplice
- Russian: соо́бщник (soóbščnik) — criminal accomplice
- Russian: поде́льник (podélʹnik) — criminal accomplice
- Swedish: kumpan — criminal accomplice
- Swedish: medbrottsling — criminal accomplice
- Finnish: rikostoveri — close associate
- Finnish: rikoskumppani — close associate
- French: complice — close associate
- French: acolyte — close associate
- Polish: wspólnik — close associate
- Polish: wspólniczka — close associate