particeps criminis

[ pahr-tuh-seps krim-uh-nis ]

nounLaw.
  1. an accomplice in a crime.

Origin of particeps criminis

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From Latin

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How to use particeps criminis in a sentence

  • I could not stand it, and I got up to go away, feeling extremely particeps criminis.

    A Traveler from Altruria: Romance | William Dean Howells
  • I know of nothing which so numbs what I am pleased to term my faculties as to be particeps criminis in the rising of the sun.

  • To assert this, would make our adorable Saviour particeps criminis.

    A Defence of Virginia | Robert L. Dabney
  • Uraga and Roblez again go in advance, the former making further disclosure of his plans to his particeps criminis.

    The Lone Ranche | Captain Mayne Reid
  • They never know exactly what to do about it, and so you print the interview with their approval, and make 'em particeps criminis.

    A Modern Instance | William Dean Howells