cómplice

Definitions of cómplice
  1. noun
    someone who helps another person commit a crime
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    incitador
    one who helps or encourages or incites another
    encubridor
    a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony
    instigador
    a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
    esbirro, secuaz
    someone who assists in a plot
    type of:
    criminal, delincuente, malhechor, proscrito, transgresor, trasgresor
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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