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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Probably from a complice, mistaken for acomplice; complice 'accomplice' (15-19 centuries) from Old French, from Late Latin complex, from Latin complicare ( COMPLICATE)

accomplice

 noun
     
ac‧com‧plice [countable]
a person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong
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