noun
- plural of accessary; people who help someone commit a crime but are not the main perpetrators
Usage: legal term; less common spelling of ‘accessories’
Examples
- The judge sentenced both the thief and his accessaries.
- Police arrested three accessaries to the bank robbery.
- The accessaries were charged with aiding and abetting.
- She was convicted as an accessary after the fact.
- The court distinguished between principals and accessaries in the case.