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Partner in crime   /pˈɑrtnər ɪn kraɪm/   Listen
Partner in crime

noun
1.
Someone who assists in a plot.  Synonyms: collaborator, confederate, henchman.






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"Partner in crime" Quotes from Famous Books



... privately to collectors—especially to American collectors, who, as everybody knows, are not at all squeamish or particular about the antecedents of property so long as they secure it. I should say that Baxter, acting for his partner in crime, stored these things, and has waited for a favourable opportunity to resume possession of them. I incline to the opinion that he stored them at Hartlepool, or at Newcastle, or at South-Shields—at any ...
— Ravensdene Court • J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

... Naples, Italy.—Dear Old Partner in Crime: Well, sir, we have struck a place that reminds us of home, and your old grocery store. The day we got here dad and I took a walk into the poorer districts, where they throw all the slops and refuse in the streets, and where nobody ever ...
— Peck's Bad Boy Abroad • George W. Peck



Words linked to "Partner in crime" :   accessary, accessory, henchman



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