Accomplice 1100 Words You Need Week 15 Day 1

Accomplice 1100 Words You Need

Accomplice 1100 Words You Need

/əˈkʌm.plɪs/ (noun)

a partner in committing a crime or wrongdoing, partner in crime, accessory, assistant, co-conspirator, collaborator, abettor, partner:

Generally, the main perpetrator of a crime is referred to as a principal while the individuals assisting in the commission of the crime are referred to as accomplices. Even though the accomplice plays a supporting role in the crime and does not actually carry it out, he or she is just as culpable as the principal. For example, the principal may come into a bank and rob it at night, and an accomplice who works for the bank may leave the door unlocked or give the robber the security code to get into the bank.

In accomplice liability cases, the court can find a criminal defendant guilty for acts that someone else actually commits. In order for the prosecution to successfully meet its burden to find a defendant guilty of accomplice liability, it must prove that the accomplice had the intent to help with the crime being committed. This means that the accomplice has to know that the principal is planning to commit a crime and that the accomplice intends to help the principal succeed in the commission of the crime. Additionally, state law usually requires that the accomplice aided, counseled, encouraged or assisted with the commission of the crime.

Source: https://www.hg.org/

Under the English common law, an accomplice is a person who actively participates in the commission of a crime, even if they take no part in the actual criminal offense. For example, in a bank robbery, the person who points the gun at the teller and demands the money is guilty of armed robbery. Anyone else directly involved in the commission of the crime, such as the lookout or the getaway car driver, is an accomplice, even if in the absence of an underlying offense keeping a lookout or driving a car would not be an offense.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Noun: complicity

Adj: complicit

Farsi: شریک جرم

French: complice

Urdu: ساتھی