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accessary

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun accessary has 1 sense

accessary(n = noun.person) accessory - someone who helps another person commit a crime; Array

has particulars: abetter, abettor, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, accessory during the fact, collaborator, confederate, henchman, partner in crime

is a kind of criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw

Adjective accessary has 1 sense

accessary(s = adj.all) accessory - aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

accessary, a.

Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory. [1913 Webster]

"To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary." [1913 Webster]

"Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning." [1913 Webster]

accessary, n. [Cf. Accessory and LL. accessarius.].

One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. [1913 Webster]

" This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory." [1913 Webster]

Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. -- Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

accessary, var. of ACCESSORY.

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