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accessory after the fact en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An individual who assists someone who has committed a crime so as to protect them from legal prosecution.
   • […] 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 […] 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book III:

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accessory before the fact

Translations (8)

es cómplice encubridor (person who assists someone who has committed a crime) · es encubridor (person who assists someone who has committed a crime) · eo postkomplico (person who assists someone who has committed a crime) · hu orgazda (person who assists someone who has committed a crime) · fi avunantaja rikoksen jälkeen (person who assists someone who has committed a crime) · hu bűnpártoló (person who assists someone who has committed a crime) · pl poplecznik (person who assists someone who has committed a crime) · pl popleczniczka (person who assists someone who has committed a crime)