Collusion vs Accomplice - What's the difference?
collusion | accomplice |
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= (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. -
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)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.}}