accessory before the fact

Other forms: accessories before the fact

Definitions of accessory before the fact
  1. noun
    a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
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    type of:
    accessary, accessory
    someone who helps another person commit a crime
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