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ACCOMPLICE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does accomplice mean?

• ACCOMPLICE (noun)
The noun ACCOMPLICE has 1 sense:

1. a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

Familiarity information: ACCOMPLICE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACCOMPLICE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

accomplice; confederate

Hypernyms ("accomplice" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accomplice"):

decoy; steerer (a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot))

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