One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one having offered them a fee for assenting.
An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
1. A partner in a crime. 2. A person who knowingly and voluntarily participates with another in a criminal activity.
Someone who helps another person commit a crime and who is with the person while the crime is being committed. An accomplice is guilty of the same offense and usually receives the same sentence as the other person or persons who committed the crime.
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
a person who aids or encourages another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the crime be committed
a person who aids or encourages the principal with the intent of facilitating the target crime
a person who participates in a criminal offense with which a defendant is being charged
a person who participates with another in the commission of an offense
a person who was also involved in the alleged crime
A person who voluntarily joins in on a crime with another person.
Individual who voluntarily engages with another in the commission or attempted commission of a crime
Person who knowingly and voluntarily participates with another in a criminal act through aiding, abetting, advising or encouraging offender. See aid and abet. Compare accessory.
Someone who helps another person (known as the principal) commit a crime. Unlike an accessory, an accomplice is usually present when the crime is committed. An accomplice is guilty of the same offense and usually receives the same sentence as the principal. For instance, the driver of the getaway car for a burglary is an accomplice and will be guilty of the burglary even though he may not have entered the building.
At law, an accomplice is a person who actively participates in the commission of a crime, even though they take no part in the actual criminal offence. For example, in a bank robbery, the person who points the gun at the teller and asks for the money is guilty of armed robbery. However, anyone else directly involved in the commission of the crime, such as the lookout, a second gunman, or the getaway car driver, is an accomplice, even though in the absence of an underlying offence keeping a lookout, holding a gun, or driving a car would not be an offence.
