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/æksˈɛsəri bɪfˈɔr ðə fækt/ Listen

Accessory before the fact

noun

A person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration.

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"Accessory before the fact" Quotes from Famous Books

... know a Bulcester jury as it was before the epidemic,' said Merton. 'And I might have been an accessory before the fact, and, anyhow, we should all have got into ...

— The Disentanglers • Andrew Lang

Words linked to "Accessory before the fact" : accessory, accessary