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accessory before the fact

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Noun1.accessory before the fact - a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
accessary, accessory - someone who helps another person commit a crime


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The grand jury presently indicted Luigi for murder in the first degree, and Angelo as accessory before the fact.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
The sessions are on,' said Kags: 'if they get the inquest over, and Bolter turns King's evidence: as of course he will, from what he's said already: they can prove Fagin an accessory before the fact, and get the trial on on Friday, and he'll swing in six days from this, by G--
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
Grimes must be rigidly held to answer as an accessory before the fact.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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