to be an accomplice in a crime

  • 1accomplice — ac·com·plice /ə käm pləs, kəm / n [alteration (from incorrect division of a complice ) of complice, from Middle French, associate, from Late Latin complic complex partner, confederate]: one who intentionally and voluntarily participates with… …

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  • 2accomplice — /akompbs/ One who knowingly, voluntarily and with common intent unites with the principal offender in the commission of a crime. Smith v. State, Tenn.Cr.App., 525 S.W.2d 674, 676; Model Penal Code, No. 2.06(3). One who is in some way concerned or …

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  • 3accomplice — /akompbs/ One who knowingly, voluntarily and with common intent unites with the principal offender in the commission of a crime. Smith v. State, Tenn.Cr.App., 525 S.W.2d 674, 676; Model Penal Code, No. 2.06(3). One who is in some way concerned or …

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  • 4accomplice witness — A person who is a witness to a crime and also charged as an accomplice to the same crime. Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009. accomplice witness …

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  • 5Accomplice — Ac*com plice, n. [Ac (perh. for the article a or for L. ad) + E. complice. See {Complice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A cooperator. [R.] [1913 Webster] Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) An… …

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  • 6Accomplice — • A term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Accomplice     Accomplice      …

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  • 7accomplice in crime — index abettor, accessory, coactor, conspirer, copartner (coconspirator) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8Crime in Afghanistan — is present in various forms, and may include the following offenses: murder, contract killing, assassination, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud, corruption, black marketeering, and other usual crimes. A …

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  • 9accomplice — [n] helper, especially in committing a crime abettor, accessory, aid, aide, ally, assistant, associate, co conspirator, collaborator, colleague, confederate, conspirator, insider, partner, plant*, stall*; concept 412 Ant. adversary, enemy,… …

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  • 10accomplice — ► NOUN ▪ a person who helps another commit a crime. ORIGIN from Latin complex allied …

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