Meanings
nounparticeps criminis (plural particeps criminis or particepes criminis or (rare) particepes criminum)
plural particepes criminis · plural rare particepes criminum
- lawAn accomplice in crime; an accessory.First known use 17th c.
“I have heard too that he was particeps criminis in some road-agent work before he came here and attached himself to the courthouse.”
1968, Charles Portis, True Grit
Origin
From Latin particeps + crīminis, literally “participant in the crime”.
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particeps criminis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/particeps%20criminis
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