noun · neutral
accomplice
/əˈkʌmplɪs/ac·COM·plice
Band 6-7speakingtask2
a person who helps someone else to commit a crime
Examples
“The police charged him as an accomplice after phone records linked him to the robbery.”
“She admitted being an accomplice in planning the bank heist.”
“Witnesses said the suspect had an accomplice who waited in the car.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although he claimed he was innocent, investigators uncovered messages proving he had been an active accomplice in planning the heist.”
Collocations
- an accomplice to the crime
- to act as/serve as an accomplice
Word family
accomplice noun
Common mistakes
assistant→accomplice
partner→accomplice
Say it for a higher band
5helper→6assistant→7+accomplice
Synonyms
accessory
Easily confused
accessory
“He was charged as an accessory after the robbery.”
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