particeps criminis
English
Etymology
From Latin particeps + crīminis, literally “participant in the crime”.
Noun
particeps criminis (plural particeps criminis or particepes criminis)
- (law) An accomplice in crime; an accessory. [from 17th c.]
- 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
- “I have heard too that he was particeps criminis in some road-agent work before he came here and attached himself to the courthouse.”
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