as in henchman
one associated with another in wrongdoing
the thief and his accomplices were eventually caught and brought to justice
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Recent Examples of accomplice
Who remembers the 2005 headline-making story of how Banksy snuck a painting into the Metropolitan Museum of Art disguised with a fake beard and trench coat, while two accomplices argued with a distracted security guard?
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The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Police picked him and an accomplice up for possession of safecracking tools.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Kate, a volunteer with the Red Cross, proposed helping a British officer being held by the Germans in a requisitioned hospital; Etta reluctantly agreed to be her accomplice.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2025
That afternoon, Campbell’s accomplice on the outside drove to the Sunset Park jail and succeeded in hooking a rope to a line hanging from a window.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Police picked him and an accomplice up for possession of safecracking tools.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Kate, a volunteer with the Red Cross, proposed helping a British officer being held by the Germans in a requisitioned hospital; Etta reluctantly agreed to be her accomplice.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2025
That afternoon, Campbell’s accomplice on the outside drove to the Sunset Park jail and succeeded in hooking a rope to a line hanging from a window.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accomplice
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Back in Montana, every trip Jacob and company take to Bozeman and back is inevitably fraught with peril — if not instigated by dastardly rich guy Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) and/or his henchman Banner Creighton (Jerome Flynn), then by the pitiless nature of extreme weather.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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In Lynch’s festering neo-noir mystery from 1987, Hopper plays a chronic villain perpetually sipping from a tank of amyl nitrate and handing out hits as a way to manipulate his henchmen.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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In an interview late last year with infectious disease news site Contagion Live, Pfizer’s head of discovery and early development Charlotte Allerton was hopeful this new antiviral iteration could help a significant cohort of vulnerable patients who were previously unable to take Paxlovid.—
Rich Haridy,
New Atlas,
18 Mar. 2025
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After an incredible 2024 and a roaring start to 2025, the cybersecurity cohort has been out of favor lately.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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Commerce Bank has been a partner with the Kansas City Royals from the very beginning, down to the checks written to bring the team into MLB’s American League.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
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At that time, Power Rangers owner Hasbro Entertainment set out to explore a new creative direction for the series, and with a new partner.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
19 Mar. 2025
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This bold fusion of luxury and streetwear sets a new standard in high-end accessories.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Bluetooth radio connects to accessories like wireless headphones with ease.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Mar. 2025
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Prosecutors say some of that information, including details on informants and sensitive investigations, was included in his unpublished manuscript.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Before a warrant is issued, an officer must attest that the request for it is not based on information from informants who have provided false information that has led to negative raids in the past, the bill states.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Grok, named after the term coined by sci-fi author Robert A. Heinlein and modeled after the irreverent tone of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is designed to be a companion, a guide — and, apparently, quite a bit of a troublemaker.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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The health system also built a general AI companion, based on the Claude family of anthropic large language models, that is currently in its pilot phase with the intention of launching next quarter.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Accomplice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accomplice. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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