单词 | complice |
释义 | complicen.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > accomplice complice1475 fedariea1616 complier1619 correspondent1639 right bower1829 cohort1952 1475 Bk. Noblesse 39 Be it the duke of Breteyne, the duke of Orliens, or any suche other his complisses. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. xi. 51 Bot thai with all thar complicis in fyght War dung abak. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 162 The liues of all your louing complices, Leaue on you health. 1625 W. Pemble Justification (1629) 42 Bellarmine and his complices dispute eagerly against justification by faith alone. a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 190 The centinell brought me to the statholder..he and his complices strickly examined and searched me. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. vi. 24 such enemies as Chedorlaomer and his complices. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Complice, a Partner in an ill Action, an Accomplice. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §19. 40. 2. a. spec. An associate in crime, a confederate with the principal offender. (From the frequent early use of the word in connection with crime, this sense became predominant by 1600, and was the only one recognised by Johnson in 1755.) archaic, the current word being accomplice n. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists fellowa1382 accessory1414 accessary1451 confederate1495 confederator1536 snapperc1555 complice1581 accomplice?1589 assistor1601 socius criminis1602 fedariea1616 complier1619 particeps criminisa1634 correspondent1639 complicate1662 capper1753 palc1770 partner in crime1831 sidekick1893 side-kicker1894 ram1941 1471 Arriv. Edw. IV i. (Camden) By the traitorous means of his great rebel, Richard, Earl of Warwick, and his complices. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 12 Conspiracies..of the said Elizabeth, and other her complices.] 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 428 Iudas [of Galilee] was hanged together with his complises. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 v. i. 210 To quell these Traitors and their compleases. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Complices, fellowes in wicked matters. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 43 The complices sould not be punissed before the principall malefactour. 1743 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) II. xvii. 96 He was accused of being complice in the murder. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. xx. 30 His pride startled at the tone In which his complice..Asserted guilt's equality. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) V. iii. 358 The French cabinet was unwilling to appear openly as the complice of the insurgents. ΚΠ 1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. l. 381 That all such abuses as heretofore have been complices concerning this matter be clearly put away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1475 |
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