Defn: Tending to accomplish. [R.]
ACCOMPLICE
Ac*com"plice, n. Etym: [Ac- (perh. for the article a or for L. ad) +
E. complice. See Complice.]
1. A cooperator. [R.]
Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices!
Shak.
2. (Law)
Defn: An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. "And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason." Johnson.
Note: It is followed by with or of before a person and by in (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with to before a thing. "Suspected for accomplice to the fire." Dryden.
Syn. — Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate; coadjutor; ally; promoter. See Abettor.
ACCOMPLICESHIP
Ac*com"plice*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being an accomplice. [R.] Sir H. Taylor.
ACCOMPLICITY
Ac`com*plic"i*ty, n.