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An accomplice. [Obs.] To quell the rebels and their complices. Shak.

A cooperator. [R.] Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices! Shak.

The state of being an accomplice. [R.] Sir H. Taylor.

The act or state of being an accomplice. [R.]

An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement. Tomlins. Bouvier.

One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices. Blount. Burrill.

An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant] Bonnet head (Zoöl.), a shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies. -- Bonnet limpet (Zoöl.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ). -- Bonnet monkey…

The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.

th others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense. He found some of his confederates in gaol. Macaulay.

An associate; an accomplice. [Archaic] "Wicked consociates." Bp. Hall.

A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.] By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or foul.

King's, Queen's or State's evidence, to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices.

A partner; a confederate; an accomplice. [Obs.] hak.

An accomplice. Art thou a feodary for this act Shak.

lution; yet it has a tendency to produce it. Shenstone. Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence. Burke.

An accomplice; a "pal." [Obs.] There is no thief without a louk. Chaucer.

A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [Slang]

a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. -- Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc. -- Panel thief, one who robs in a panel house.

An accomplice; an associate; a partner. [Obs.] Partakers wish them in the blood of the prophets. Matt. xxiii. 30.

To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice. [Obs. or Colloq.] If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. Shak.