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Accessary

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as accessory.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
  • noun. One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
  • noun. one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission.
  • noun. one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
  • adjective. Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. aiding and abetting in a crime
  • noun. someone who helps another person commit a crime
  • Word Usage
    "Kerouac was arrested as an accessary to the killing in 1944 and was put in a Bronx jail but he was freed after his girlfriend, Edie Parker, stood bail."
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