Both Uses of
accomplice
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- She and her accomplice will get money for it and be let off besides; they'll make a merit of it—say they found it—knew it—and be evidence against me.†
Chpt 56 *
- These were, the age, decrepitude, and weakness of Mrs Sliderskew; the great improbability of her having any accomplice or even acquaintance: taking into account her secluded habits, and her long residence in such a house as Gride's; the strong reason there was to suppose that the robbery was not the result of a concerted plan: otherwise she would have watched an opportunity of carrying off a sum of money; the difficulty she would be placed in when she began to think on what she had…†
Chpt 56
Definition:
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(accomplice) a person who joins with another in carrying out a plan -- especially an unethical or illegal plan