All 12 Uses of
accomplice
in
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
- No one in the house knew that Powell had an accomplice waiting in the wings.†
p. 70.1accomplice = person who assisted
- He regretted abandoning his accomplice, but when he heard the screaming girl at the window, Herold decided to save himself.†
p. 70.3
- Of his three accomplices, he needed David Herold the most.†
p. 73.9accomplices = people who assisted each other in a task
- In the days to follow, newly sworn-in President Johnson left it to Stanton to bring Lincoln's killer and his accomplices to justice.†
p. 89.1
- He attempted to recruit accomplices in New York City, a place where there were many Lincoln-haters and Confederate sympathizers.†
p. 95.2
- Unknown to Mudd, he had just extended his hospitality to Lincoln's assassin and his accomplice.†
p. 99.6accomplice = person who assisted
- All he had to do was tell the soldiers that John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice were hiding at his farm.†
p. 111.9 *
- Now, by offering Booth his hospitality, he had unknowingly made himself an accomplice in the most shocking crime in all of American history — the murder of the president of the United States!†
p. 113.0
- Father and son saw the murderer and his accomplice and decided to help them.†
p. 117.1
- Yes, the police, detectives, and officers had found a number of leads on Booth's accomplices, but none led to Booth.†
p. 125.2accomplices = people who assisted each other in a task
- The evidence already collected by April 15 confirmed that it was Booth who had shot Lincoln, and that he seemed to have several accomplices.†
p. 125.5
- With Booth dead, and his chief accomplices under arrest, awaiting trial, it was time to cash in.†
p. 182.6
Definition:
a person who joins with another in carrying out a plan -- especially an unethical or illegal plan