ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accessory before the fact mean? 

• ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT (noun)
  The noun ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT has 1 sense:

1. a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration

  Familiarity information: ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("accessory before the fact" is a kind of...):

accessary; accessory (someone who helps another person commit a crime)