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Collusion vs Accomplice - What's the difference?

collusion | accomplice |

As nouns the difference between collusion and accomplice

is that collusion is a secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy while accomplice is a cooperator.

collusion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}

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    accomplice

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A cooperator.
  • * Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices ! - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, V-ii
  • (legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
  • * And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason. - Johnson
  • * Suspected for accomplice to the fire. -
  • Usage notes

    * Followed by with'' or ''of'' before a person and by ''in'' (or sometimes ''of'') before the crime; as, A was an ''accomplice'' with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with ''to before a thing.

    Synonyms

    * abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.