accomplice

• n.共犯者、[法の]共謀者

接頭辞ac-はad-と同じ。 語根のply（巻き込む）については、apply（適用する）を参照。-ice、名詞の接尾辞で、yがiに変わる。

accomplice

accomplice: [15] This word was borrowed into English (from French) as complice (and complice stayed in common usage until late in the 19th century). It comes from Latin complex, which is related to English complicated, and originally meant simply ‘an associate’, without any pejorative associations. The form accomplice first appears on the scene in the late 15th century (the first record of it is in William Caxton’s Charles the Great), and it probably arose through a misanalysis of complice preceded by the indefinite article (a complice) as acomplice. It may also have been influenced by accomplish or accompany.
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accomplice (n.)

1580s (earlier complice, late 15c.), from Old French complice "a confederate," from Late Latin complicem (nominative complex) "partner, confederate," from Latin complicare "fold together" (see complicate). With parasitic a- on model of accomplish, etc., or perhaps by assimilation of indefinite article in phrase a complice.

1. He was working alone and did not have an accomplice .

彼は単独で働いていて、仲間はいません。

2.The gunman escaped on a motorcycle being ridden by an accomplice .

銃を持った悪党が仲間が運転するバイクに乗って逃げた。

3.He became an unwitting accomplice in the crime.

彼はぼんやりと犯罪の共犯者になった。

4.She was her husband 's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.

彼女は夫が老富豪を殺害した共犯者だ。

5.The thief was not alone.We know he had an accomplice .

泥棒は一人ではありません。彼には共謀者がいることを知っています。