accessory after the fact

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   a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony

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Questions about accessory after the fact

What does accessory after the fact mean?

accessory after the fact means "a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony".

Is accessory after the fact a common word?

accessory after the fact is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.