accomplices

ac-com-plic-es · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Plural of accomplice) People who help others commit crimes or do something wrong.

  2. 2.

    Partners or associates in wrongdoing.

Forms

plural: accomplices

Related words

Antonyms: informers, witnesses
See also: accessory, accomplice, criminals
Synonyms: accessories, collaborators, confederates, partners in crime

Etymology

Plural of accomplice, from Old French complice ("associate, partner"), influenced by accompli ("accomplished"), from Late Latin complex, complicis ("confederate").