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Meaning of accessory after the fact | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An individual who assists someone who has committed a crime so as to protect them from legal prosecution.

Equivalents

Español cómplice encubridor encubridor

Polski popleczniczka poplecznik

Examples

“[…] some of that atrocious wickedness in Jones, […] might perhaps be derived from the encouragement he had received from this fellow, who […] had been what the law calls an accessary^([sic]) after the fact […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

accessory battery accessory before the fact accessory breathing accessory cloud accessory equipment accessory fruit