particeps criminis

[ pahr-tuh-seps krim-uh-nis ]

noun

, Law.

1. an accomplice in a crime.

Word History and Origins

Origin of particeps criminis¹

From Latin

Example Sentences

If the slave trade and slavery are great sins, the North is particeps criminis, and has been from the beginning.

From Project Gutenberg

There was no difficulty in proving that she had been concerned in his proceedings, and that if he had committed a crime she was particeps criminis.

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This appeal to me, as though I were already particeps criminis, would have led me to protest, but she did not allow me the opportunity, for she continued: "But she has not been fair to Chairo; a girl ought to know when to make up her mind"—she became very serious now—"I always knew where to stop; no man ever had the right to reproach me."

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"Ha, Danny, you scoundrel," he said, cheerfully, "I guess you are particeps criminis!"

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Smith was denounced by the legislature as particeps criminis in the destruction of the lives which had been lost on the "Hungarian."

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