accomplice
UK/ә'kʌmplis/US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
n.
A person who helps another commit a crime
共犯，同谋，帮凶
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedBuilt on complice (com- "together" + plic "fold" = "folded together with"). An accomplice is someone folded together with the criminal — wrapped into the same crime. The extra ac- crept in over time (probably by confusion with "a complice"). The core image is the com- + fold one: two people folded into a single wrongdoing.
Root plic still carries 55 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.a willing accomplice甘心的同谋
- 2.an unwitting accomplice不知情的帮凶
- 3.the thief's accomplice小偷的同伙
Example Sentences
- 1.
He claimed he was an innocent bystander, not an accomplice.
- 2.
The thief and his accomplice were arrested at the airport.
- 3.
She became an unwilling accomplice to the fraud.