All 3 Uses of
accomplice
in
The House of Mirth
- And the day was the accomplice of her mood: it was a day for impulse and truancy.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- All her past weaknesses were like so many eager accomplices drawing her toward the path their feet had already smoothed.†
Chpt 2.6
- Light comes in devious ways to the groping consciousness, and it came to her now through the disgusted perception that her would-be accomplice assumed, as a matter of course, the likelihood of her distrusting him and perhaps trying to cheat him of his share of the spoils.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
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(accomplice) a person who joins with another in carrying out a plan -- especially an unethical or illegal plan