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Accessory (Noun)

Someone who helps another person commit a crime.

Nouns denoting people.

The man who drove the getaway car was found to be an accessory to the robbery, despite claiming he had no knowledge of the heist.
In exchange for a lighter sentence, she agreed to testify against her accessory, revealing their detailed plan to embezzle millions from the company.
Although the shooter acted alone in pulling the trigger, investigators argued the informant had knowingly provided critical information and thus served as an accessory to the crime.
New evidence has led authorities to consider an ex-partner of the defendant as an accessory, one who likely enabled or provided valuable insight throughout the proceedings.
Throughout the years of stalking, authorities couldn't hold her accessory responsible until fresh security footage conclusively showed this bystander aided and obscured key instances for this malicious plan to carry on unhindered.