partner-in-crime

A form of partner in crime — A criminal accomplice.

Meanings

nounpartner-in-crime (plural partners-in-crime)

plural partners-in-crime

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of partner in crime

    The one-time British socialite [Ghislaine Maxwell] was Epstein’s close confidante for years and his partner-in-crime.

    2025 July 27, Sam Levine, “Mike Johnson would have ‘great pause’ about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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