accomplice
Partner in crime
An accomplice is someone who helps another person commit a crime or wrongdoing.
The word implies active participation or assistance rather than mere knowledge: Police arrested the robber and two accomplices.
Unlike a witness or bystander, an accomplice shares legal or moral responsibility for the act.
Joint schemer
- co-conspiratorPartner in wrongdoing
- accessorySupplementary addition
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- henchmanLoyal criminal subordinate
culprit · offender · abettor · perpetrator · felon · lawbreaker · mobster · gangster
Shared wrongdoing companion
- confederateAllied partner in schemes
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- associateConnect mentally or socially
ally · colluder · participant · joint · coadjutor · cooperator · copartner · confrere
Subordinate adventure partner
- right-hand manIndispensable assistant
- wingmanSupportive second in formation
- partnerOne who shares activity
- buddyInformal term for companion
crony · comrade · confidant · helper · second · supporter · backer · minion
Storyline or land parcel
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
cabal · connivance · subterfuge · cover-up · clandestine · covert · secretive · cloak-and-dagger
coconspirator
Joint schemer
- co-conspiratorPartner in wrongdoing
- accessorySupplementary addition
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
henchman · culprit · offender · abettor · perpetrator · felon · lawbreaker · mobster · gangster · getaway driver
partner-in-crime
Shared wrongdoing companion
- confederateAllied partner in schemes
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
associate · ally · colluder · participant · joint · coadjutor · cooperator · copartner · confrere · affiliate
sidekick
Subordinate adventure partner
- right-hand manIndispensable assistant
- wingmanSupportive second in formation
- partnerOne who shares activity
buddy · crony · comrade · confidant · helper · second · supporter · backer · minion · lackey
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
machination · cabal · connivance · subterfuge · cover-up · clandestine · covert · secretive · cloak-and-dagger · underhanded
- accomplicesaccessory, co-conspirator, abettor, collaborator, conspirator
- street consshell game, three card monte, three-card monte, thimblerig, cups and balls
- criminal complicityaccessory, aiding and abetting, co-conspirator, conspirator, aider
- crimerobbery, alibi, burglary, conspiracy, larceny
- mysteryclue, detective, suspect, clues, sleuth
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
accompliceadversary
Enemy in conflict
opponent · enemy · foe · antagonist · nemesis
accomplicemastermind
Scheme's chief planner
ringleader · kingpin · principal · instigator · leader