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1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iv. iii. f. ciii A burgeois of the towne, named Archias, wyth hys accomplices [Fr. auec sa suite; Gk. ὑπ' Ἀρχίου καἱ τῶν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ], wold render that same towne fro the Syracusains.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Cade f. xlviii The duke was made Lord Protector. Whiche so greved the Queene and her accomplices, that pryvy grutches and open dissemblyng never ceassed.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. ii. 9 Successe vnto our valiant Generall, And happinesse to his accomplices . View more context for this quotation

1835 Times 17 Dec. 2/6 A ringleader of the rescuing party cried out to his accomplices.

1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. I. vii. 143 In the mean while, be kind enough to act as my accomplice.

1923 H. Crane Let. 4 July (1965) 138 You are the..purest living indice of a new order of consciousness that I have met. We are accomplices in ways that we don't yet fully understand.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 307 With your natural advantages, Watson, every lady is your helper and accomplice.

1988 B. Cooper Alexander Kennedy Isbister i. iv. 82 The great danger to the continued tranquil rule of the Company..came..from their trading accomplices at Red River.

?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 5^v Call to minde the badde practise of your brother the Booke-binder and his accomplishes at Burie.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) 20 And many the like of others his accomplices and fellow-traytors.

1670 London Gaz. cccclxviii. 1 A principal Lady of the Island who was proved to be an Actress or Accomplice in the assassinate.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 319 He was a Friend of Cataline's, and a secret accomplice of his Crime.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 43 Thou who has been accomplice with the thieves and murtherers.

1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 152 We cannot lose..our Constitution, unless We are Accomplices to the Violations of it.

1836 F. Marryat Japhet I. iii. 35 He has come to get off his accomplice, and now we've just nicked them both.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White ii. ii. 181 English society is as often the accomplice as it is the enemy of crime.

1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman 240 Those who minister to poverty and disease are accomplices in the two worst of all the crimes.

1948 Evening Bull. (Philadelphia) 7 Apr. 39/7 Ernie used an accomplice to drive the getaway car.

1999 Renaissance No. 13. 33/1 The accused was asked to name accomplices in exchange for a lighter sentence.