accomplice
noun /əˈkʌmplɪs/
/əˈkɑːmplɪs/
- a person who helps another to commit a crime or to do something wrong
帮凶；共犯；同谋 - She became his unwitting accomplice in the robbery.
她稀里糊涂地成了他进行抢劫的帮凶。 - an accomplice to murder
谋杀案的共犯 - The police suspect that he had an accomplice.
警方怀疑他有同伙。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- willing
- unwitting
- alleged
- …
- accomplice in
- accomplice to
词源mid 16th cent.: alteration (probably by association with accompany) of Middle English complice ‘an associate’, via Old French from late Latin complex, complic- ‘allied’, from com- ‘together’ + the root of plicare ‘to fold’. - She became his unwitting accomplice in the robbery.