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accomplice

ac·comp·lice

UK/əˈkɒm.plɪs/ US/əˈkʌm.plɪs/ fairly common

noun

1.

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

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First attested in 1550. From a complice, from Middle English complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicāre (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.

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