ACCOMPLICE in a Sentence

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34 example sentences for ACCOMPLICE, such as:

1. He was shortly to be tried at Aix with his accomplice.
2. They believe me her accomplice, and will punish me with her.
3. She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.
4. The sewer was evidently an accomplice of some mysterious band.
5. The laughter of all is the accomplice of universal degradation.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACCOMPLICE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
accomplice
 n.  partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  He was shortly to be tried at Aix with his accomplice.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
2  Ma'am Bougon was convinced that Marius was to some extent an accomplice of the robbers who had been seized the night before.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LARK'S MEADOW
3  The first was put in the pound, the second was later on somewhat harassed before the councils of war as an accomplice.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE'S EXCESS OF ZEAL
4  The sewer was evidently an accomplice of some mysterious band.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
5  The laughter of all is the accomplice of universal degradation.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833
6  They believe me her accomplice, and will punish me with her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 13 MONSIEUR BONACIEUX
7  He was doubtless the first lover and accomplice of the fair lady.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 27 THE WIFE OF ATHOS
8  I then swore that this woman who had ruined him, who was more than his accomplice, since she had urged him to the crime, should at least share his punishment.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 65 TRIAL
9  He felt something like a secret joy at being forever relieved of this dangerous accomplice.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 67 CONCLUSION
10  I'll follow her," he said, hurriedly; "she must be an accomplice, and will lead me to him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
11  I have carried it about with me, and have followed him and his accomplice over two continents until I caught them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
12  You, of course, saw that everyone in the street was an accomplice.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
13  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.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
14  He would try by a few attentions to make his peace with the girl Howells, and then would engage her as his accomplice.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
15  Then he implored me to keep his secret for three days longer, so as to give his wretched accomplice a chance of saving his guilty life.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Example Sentence:
1  He can't recall the man's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house.
2  She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.
3  Because your accomplice is an anonymous stranger, it's safer than asking a friend to participate in your ruse.
4  He refused point-blank to identify his accomplices.
5  Sarcastic cameos of barking Tory predators and their yelping spouses indicate his accomplices in this enterprise.