Both Uses of
accomplice
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- His only accomplice was one who could never give him away, and the grotesque, inconceivable nature of the device only served to make it more effective.†
Chpt 15 *accomplice = person who assisted
- He might claim the property from South America, establish his identity before the British authorities there and so obtain the fortune without ever coming to England at all; or he might adopt an elaborate disguise during the short time that he need be in London; or, again, he might furnish an accomplice with the proofs and papers, putting him in as heir, and retaining a claim upon some proportion of his income.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
a person who joins with another in carrying out a plan -- especially an unethical or illegal plan