accomplice (noun)

  • 51copartner — I (business associate) noun adjuvant, associate, auxiliary, coadjutant, cohelper, collaborator, colleague, comate, companion, compeer, confrere, consociate, consort, cooperator, coworker, fellow, fellow worker, helper, mate, partner, peer,… …

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  • 52particeps criminis — |pärd.əˌsepsˈkrimənə̇s noun Etymology: Medieval Latin : one who has a share in a crime : accomplice * * * /pahr teuh seps krim euh nis/, Law. an accomplice in a crime. [ < L] * * * particeps criminis /pärˈti seps krimˈi nis or parˈti keps… …

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  • 53partner — part·ner n: one of two or more persons associated as joint principals in carrying on a business for the purpose of enjoying a joint profit: a member of a partnership; specif: a partner in a law firm dormant partner: silent partner in this entry… …

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  • 54coconspirator — I noun abettor, accessory, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, accomplice, adjunct in crime, adjutant in crime, adjuvant in crime, aide in crime, aide in wrongdoing, aider in wrongdoing, ally in crime, ally in wrongdoing,… …

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  • 55participant — I noun abettor, accessory, accomplice, adjuvant, aid, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, auxiliary, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, comate, companion, comrade, confederate, cooperator, copartner, coworker, fellow, fellow worker, helper,… …

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  • 56cohort — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. band, company. See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Gathering] Syn. band, company, group; see following , gathering . 2. [An associate] Syn. partner, ally, accomplice, companion; see assistant ,… …

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  • 57conspirator — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. betrayer, schemer, cabalist, confederate; see associate , traitor . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. schemer, plotter, accomplice, engineer, collaborator, colluder, *wire puller, subversive, traitor, *backstabber, betrayer …

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  • 58fold — [OE] The verb fold comes ultimately from the Indo European base *pel , which also produced Latin plicāre ‘fold’ (source of or related to English accomplice, complicated, explicit, perplex, plait, pleat, pliant, pliers, plight, ply, reply, and… …

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  • 59goombah — [gu:m bα:] noun N. Amer. informal an associate or accomplice, especially a senior member of a criminal gang. Origin 1960s: prob. a dialect alt. of Ital. compàre godfather, friend, accomplice …

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  • 60puff — /pʌf / (say puf) noun 1. a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. 2. an abrupt emission of air, vapour, etc. 3. a single inhalation and exhalation, as of a cigarette. 4. the sound of an abrupt emission of air, etc. 5. a small quantity of… …