accompliceship en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English accomplice Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English accompliceship From accomplice + -ship.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The state of being an accomplice.
How say'st thou that he lied? Sirs, it is true I with this craven beggarly companion — Of whose accompliceship to do the deed, And not the deed itself, I speak with shame — I with this caitiff truly did conspire, For good and ample reasons, to remove Sir Walter D'Arlon from this troublesome world.
1863, Sir Henry Taylor, Philip van Artevelde: