Accessory
Accessory noun - One associated with another in wrongdoing.
Usage example: two accessories, the driver of the getaway car and the dishonest bank teller, were charged in the robbery case
Informant and accessory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Informant" instead a noun "Accessory".
Informant
Informant noun - A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.
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Synonyms for Informant
Accessory and informant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accessory" instead a noun "Informant".
Both words in one sentence
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Galasso thinks that Joe might be a police informant trying to make him an accessory to the crime so he has Joe killed as a precaution.
Source: Series / Vinyl - It's also really unlikely that he would be charged with only reckless homicide, since that warning caused four cops to be killed, and that of the informant (remember, tipping him off was accessory after the fact) meaning he could be convicted of felony murder.
Source: Hollywood Law -
It's also really unlikely that he would be charged with only reckless homicide, since that warning caused four police officers murders, and that of the informant (remember, tipping him off was accessory after the fact) meaning he could be convicted of felony murder.
Source: Series / The Practice
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