LekhoriLekhoriAn associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
Childleſs Arturius, vaſtly rich before, / Thus by his Loſſes multiplies his Store: / Suſpected for Accomplice to the Fire, / That burnt his Palace but to build it higher.
A cooperator.
Succeſſe vnto our valiant Generall, / And happineſſe to his accomplices.
First attested in 1550. From a complice, from Middle English complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicāre (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through...
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