Meanings
plural accessories after the fact · alternative accessary after the fact
- lawAn individual who assists someone who has committed a crime so as to protect them from legal prosecution.
[…] some of that atrocious wickedness in Jones, […] might perhaps be derived from the encouragement he had received from this fellow, who […] had been what the law calls an accessary^([sic]) after the fact […]
1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book III
Translations
Esperanto postkomplico
- postkomplicoperson who assists someone who has committed a crime
Finnish avunantaja rikoksen jälkeen
- avunantaja rikoksen jälkeenperson who assists someone who has committed a crime
Hungarian bűnpártoló, orgazda
- bűnpártolóperson who assists someone who has committed a crime
- orgazdaperson who assists someone who has committed a crime
Polish poplecznik, popleczniczka
- poplecznikperson who assists someone who has committed a crime
- popleczniczkaperson who assists someone who has committed a crime
Spanish cómplice encubridor, encubridor
- cómplice encubridorperson who assists someone who has committed a crime
- encubridorperson who assists someone who has committed a crime
Cite this entry
accessory after the fact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessory%20after%20the%20fact
“accessory after the fact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accessory%20after%20the%20fact. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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