accompliceship

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noun

The state of being an accomplice.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English accomplice →
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Meanings

nounaccompliceship (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe state of being an accomplice.

    How say'st thou that he lied? Sirs, it is true I with this craven beggarly companion — Of whose accompliceship to do the deed, And not the deed itself, I speak with shame — I with this caitiff truly did conspire, For good and ample reasons, to remove Sir Walter D'Arlon from this troublesome world.

    1863, Sir Henry Taylor, Philip van Artevelde

Origin

  1. Englishaccomplice
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishaccompliceship

From accomplice + -ship.

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Chicago

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