Ac*com"plice (?), n. [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) 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. 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.