Accompliceship
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state of being an accomplice. rare, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From accomplice + -ship.
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