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“accomplice” in Latin

The English word accomplice itself goes back to Latin plicō, through complicō.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

accomplice
crimini affinis: conscius (possessing a guilty knowledge): correus (a legal term, Ulp. in Pandectae). To declare his accomplices, conscios edere; to conceal them, conscios celare.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for accomplice?
The usual Latin words for “accomplice” are cōnscius, correus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.