Both Uses of
accomplice
in
Treasure Island
- Silver was roundly accused of playing double—of trying to make a separate peace for himself, of sacrificing the interests of his accomplices and victims, and, in one word, of the identical, exact thing that he was doing.†
Chpt 30 *
- This also added to my wretchedness, and to crown all, I was haunted by the thought of the tragedy that had once been acted on that plateau, when that ungodly buccaneer with the blue face—he who died at Savannah, singing and shouting for drink—had there, with his own hand, cut down his six accomplices.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(accomplice) a person who joins with another in carrying out a plan -- especially an unethical or illegal plan