Meaning | someone who helps another person commit a crime. |
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Synonym | accessory |
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Narrower | abettor, abetter | One who helps or encourages or incites another |
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accessory after the fact | A person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony |
accessory before the fact | A person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration |
accessory during the fact | A person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it |
confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crime | someone who assists in a plot |
Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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Spanish | cómplice |
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Catalan | còmplice |
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