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accomplices

accomplices is the plural of accomplice.

Meaning of accomplice

Noun

accomplice (plural accomplices)

  1. An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
    • Childleſs Arturius, vaſtly rich before, / Thus by his Loſſes multiplies his Store: / Suſpected for Accomplice to the Fire, / That burnt his Palace but to build it higher.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...
  2. (rare) A cooperator.
    • Succeſſe vnto our valiant Generall, / And happineſſe to his accomplices.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about accomplices

What is accomplices the plural of?
Accomplices is the plural of accomplice.

Words near accomplices in the dictionary

  1. accompassed
  2. accompasses
  3. accompassing
  4. accompletive
  5. accomplice
  6. accomplices
  7. accompliceship
  8. accomplicity
  9. accompliment
  10. accompliments
  11. accomplish

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