le complice

accomplice, in cahoots, complicit

k ɔ̃ . p l i s
noun Uncommon #13,583
accomplice
FR: La police a arrêté le voleur et son complice.
EN: The police arrested the thief and his accomplice.
Declension of complice
complicecomplices

Il a été arrêté comme complice du vol.

He was arrested as an accomplice in the robbery.

Ca risque pas, je suis ta complice.

That's not likely, I'm your accomplice.

— Volver (2006)

Preuve qu'il y avait un complice.

Proof that there was an accomplice.

— Mirage (2018)

Le complice?

The accomplice?

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Moi, complice de cet enculé?

Me, an accomplice of that asshole?

— The Rip (2026)

Il a été considéré comme complice.

He was considered an accomplice.

Ta complice?

Your partner in crime?

— Heureux comme Lazzaro (2018)

Le criminel avait un complice.

The criminal had an accomplice.

Keyes croit que Zachetti est ton complice.

Keyes believes Zachetti is your accomplice.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

La nuit est ma complice.

The night is my accomplice.

Où est ton complice?

Where is your accomplice?

Un complice?

An accomplice?

Qu'entendez-vous par complice?

What do you mean by “accomplice”?

— Psychose (1960)

Il peut avoir un complice.

He may have an accomplice.

— Enquête sur un citoyen au-dessus de tout soupçon (1970)

Je les attends, elle et son complice.

I'm waiting for them, her and her accomplice.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Alors, ils avaient un complice à l'intérieur?

So, they had an accomplice inside?

— Mystic River (2003)

Celui qui aide un dealer, est un complice et devrait être foutu en taule.

Anyone who helps a drug dealer is an accomplice and should be thrown in jail.

— Troupe d'Élite (2007)

Que tu aies su depuis le début que le complice, c'était moi.

That you knew all along that I was the accomplice.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

On a quelques clichés du véhicule de son complice.

We have some pictures of his accomplice's vehicle.

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

La nuit est mon complice.

The night is my accomplice.

Et aimer sa complice, ce n'est pas naïf, dans votre monde?

And loving his accomplice—isn't that naive in your world?

— Mademoiselle (2016)

Nous savons que c'est Mme Dietrichson et un complice.

We know that it’s Ms. Dietrichson and an accomplice.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Le premier qui relève la tête de son assiette, c'est lui le complice.

The first one to look up from his plate is the accomplice.

— L'Échine du diable (2001)

Les policiers disent qu'ils savent que vous aviez un complice.

The police say they know you had an accomplice.

Tu es leur complice?

Are you their accomplice?

— Crazy Kung‐Fu (2004)

Si c'est Stu Macher, alors il a un complice.

If it's Stu Macher, then he has an accomplice.

— Scream 7 (2026)

Avais-tu un complice?

Did you have an accomplice?

Si vous êtes son complice, ça ne me regarde pas.

If you are his accomplice, that's none of my business.

— Psychose (1960)

Vous rendez les choses possibles, sans être sa complice.

You make things possible, without being its accomplice.

adjective Rare #31,463
accomplice
FR: Il est complice dans cette affaire.
EN: He is an accomplice in this case.
in cahoots, complicit Often used with "être complice de" (to be involved in / share responsibility for something wrong).
FR: Ils sont complices de cette injustice.
EN: They are complicit in this injustice.
Forms of complice
complicecomplices

Tu es complice.

You are an accomplice.

Vous m'imaginez complice?

Do you imagine me as an accomplice?

— Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

Je sais que t’essaies de couvrir quelqu’un, mais ne te rends pas complice.

I know you’re trying to cover for someone, but don’t make yourself an accomplice.

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Il lui sourit avec un regard complice.

He smiled at her with a knowing look.

Non, Votre ambition est de dénoncer mais vous finissez par en être complice.

No, your ambition is to denounce, but you end up becoming complicit.

— Huit et demi (1963)

Je suis cuit, complice par assistance.

I'm done for, complicit by way of assistance.

— American Gangster (2007)

Vous êtes complice.

You are an accomplice.

J'ai identifié la voiture complice.

I identified the getaway car.

— Taxi (1998)

C'est comme si tu me rendais complice d'un crime et je te laisse faire.

It's as if you were making me an accomplice to a crime, and I'm letting you do it.

— Ratatouille (2007)

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