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See also:ACCOMPLICE (from Fr. complice, conspirator, See also:Lat. complex, a sharer, See also:associate, complicare, to See also:fold together; the ac- is possibly due to confusion with " accomplish," to See also:complete, Lat. complere, to fill up)
, in See also:law, one who is associated with another or others in the See also:commission of a See also:crime, whether as See also:principal or See also:accessory
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