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/kɔ̃.plis/

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Translation

accomplice, partner in crime

Word origin

From Late Latin complex (stem complic-), meaning 'closely joined', from com- ('together') and plicare ('to fold'). English 'accomplice' and 'complicity' share the root.

Origin: Latin
Root: complex
English cognates: accomplice, complicity

Grammar

Gendercommon

Pluralcomplices

Examples

The police are looking for the thief's accomplice.

The two accomplices were arrested last night.

She had been her husband's accomplice from the start.

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Without an accomplice he could never have got into the bank.

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The judge questioned the accomplices one after another.

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This word is part of lesson 45.