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English
Etymology
From Old French.
Noun
complice (plural complices)
- (obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :The lives of all your loving complices / Lean on your health; the which, if you give o’er / To stormy passion, must perforce decay.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; , London: Iohn Williams , →OCLC, book II, subsection 40 (His Condition Performed, and yet He Demurres), page 72:VVell, the VVeſt-Saxon King vvas quickly overcome, and all his Complices either killed, or conquered, and yet King Edvvine demurred to embrace Chriſtianity.
1676, Andreas Rivetus, Junior [pseudonym; Andrew Marvell], Mr. Smirke. Or, The Divine in Mode. , : [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11:Our Saviour was accused that he would Destroy the Temple. The first Martyr Steven was stoned as a Complice.
1762, David Hume, “[Richard I.] Chapter II.”, in The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Accession of Henry VII, volume I, London: A Millar, , →OCLC, page 340:[A] bill confirming the attainder of Somerset and his complices was also rejected by the commons, tho’ it had passed the upper house.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1989, →OCLC
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin complex.
Pronunciation
Adjective
complice (plural complices)
- kindred, close
- complicit
Noun
complice m or f by sense (plural complices)
- accomplice
Descendants
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
complice m or f by sense (plural complici)
- (also figurative) accomplice
- Synonyms: connivente, correo, compare, socio
Adjective
complice (invariable)
- thanks to, aided by
un'ondata di violenza che, complice la crisi salutaria, ha scosso il paese- a wave of violence that, thanks to the health crisis, has shaken the country
- (relational) accomplice, accomplice's, of an accomplice
References
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French complice.
Pronunciation
Noun
complice m (plural complici)
- accomplice, accessory
Declension
Noun
complice f (plural complice)
- female accomplice, accessory
Declension
Etymology 2
From complica.
Pronunciation
Verb
complice
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of complica