accomplice

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ac·com·plice /əˈkʌmplɪs $ əˈkɑːm-, əˈkʌm-/ noun [countable]  HELPa person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong 帮凶，同谋者，共犯

Examples from the Corpus

accomplice• She has been accused of being an accomplice in the kidnapping.• After the robbery, the men escaped in a stolen car driven by an accomplice.• Evans could not have carried out the robbery without an accomplice.• Gutierrez and two people accused of being accomplices were moved to the Almoloya prison, outside the capital.• Two other boys were accused of being accomplices in the attack.• And by going along with it, all his guests were, to greater or lesser degrees, accomplices in the fraud.• But speculation about whether he had accomplices has run amok.• Shorter and his accomplices were arrested without a struggle.• One man held a gun on her while his accomplice took the money.• The offenders's accomplice stood at the door holding what appeared to be a shotgun.• At Cambridge he was always the centre of a circle of friends, willing accomplices in his endless schemes and parties.Origin accomplice (1500-1600) Probably from a complice, mistaken for acomplice; complice “accomplice” ((15-19 centuries)) from Old French, from Late Latin complex, from Latin complicare ( → COMPLICATE)

ac·com·plice nounChineseSyllable  

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accomplice
ac‧com‧plice /əˈkʌmpləs, əˈkʌmplɪs $ əˈkɑːm-, əˈkʌm-/ noun [countable]a person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ criminal someone who is involved in illegal activities or has been proved guilty of a crime. Criminal is used especially about someone who often does things that are illegal: Criminals are stealing people's credit card details off the Internet. | He is one of the most wanted criminals in the United States.
   ▪ offender someone who breaks the law: The courts should impose tougher punishments on offenders. | a special prison for young offenders
   ▪ crook informal a dishonest person, especially one who steals money and who you cannot trust: Some politicians are crooks, but not all of them. | They're just a bunch of crooks.
   ▪ felon law especially American English someone who has committed a serious crime: Convicted felons should not be allowed to profit from their crimes.
   ▪ the culprit the person who has done something wrong or illegal: The culprits were never found. | If I ever catch the culprit, he or she is in big trouble. | The culprits were just six years old.
   ▪ delinquent a young person who behaves badly and is likely to commit crimes - used especially in the phrase juvenile delinquent: He later worked with juvenile delinquents in a Florida youth services program.
   ▪ accomplice someone who helps a criminal to do something illegal: Police believe the murderer must have had an accomplice.

ac·com·pliceBrE /əˈkʌmplɪs/ 🔊NAmE /əˈkɑːmplɪs/ 🔊 nouna person who helps another to commit a crime or to do sth wrong 帮凶；共犯；同谋