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Accessory after the fact

noun

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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"Accessory after the fact" Quotes from Famous Books

... boots, and without further disrobing rolled himself into his gray blanket. As he was dropping asleep two phrases flashed across his brain. They were: "compounding a felony," and "accessory after the fact." ...

— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White

... a term of years on the charge of being an accessory after the fact, but Moriarity, in consideration of the valuable services he had rendered the ...

— Jim Cummings • Frank Pinkerton

... save Peter, but it never came to that. Whatever shooting Peter did was done on his—lonely. I jibbed at a frolic that meant—shooting. Peter never let me dirty my hands to that extent. Guess I just helped him and kept him posted. If I'd had law, they'd have called me accessory after the fact." ...

— The Story of the Foss River Ranch • Ridgwell Cullum