partner in crime

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   someone who assists in a plot

   Synonymsconfederatecollaboratorhenchman

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Questions about partner in crime

What does partner in crime mean?

partner in crime means "someone who assists in a plot".

What is another word for partner in crime?

Close synonyms include confederate, collaborator, henchman. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is partner in crime a common word?

partner in crime 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.