从词源上来看， accomplice 一词源自拉丁语complicare（字面义“折叠在一起”，引申指“参与”），先后经晚期拉丁语complicem（搭档、同伙）和古法语complice（搭档、同伙）于16世纪80年代进入英语，用来表示“共犯、帮凶、同谋”，主要指与他人一起参与不法或不道德行为的人，无论是作为主犯、教唆犯还是从犯

The petty shopkeeper became an unwitting accomplice in the crime.那个小店主糊里糊涂地成了犯罪的帮凶。

The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merit shall be rewarded.首恶必办，胁从不问，立功受奖。

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.名人名言

abettor: a person who encourages or assists someone to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime accessory: someone who gives assistance to the perpetrator of a crime without taking part in it confederate: a person one works with, especially in something secret or illegal; an accomplice忽视邪恶就是成为邪恶的帮凶。出自美国牧师、社会运动者、人权主义者和非裔美国人民权运动领袖马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King Jr.）。同近义词