Who Is an Accomplice?
The action of inciting or aiding a person to commit a crime is referred to as complicity. An accomplice is someone who aids or encourages a criminal offender to commit a crime. In a murder case, the accomplice may aid the offender by supplying information about the victim's location, knowing that the criminal plans to kill the victim. The accomplice might be the one who hires or lends the lead criminal a murder weapon.