"partner in crime" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: partners in crime [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|partners in crime}} partner in crime (plural partners in crime)
  1. A criminal accomplice. Categories (topical): Crime, People Translations (a criminal accomplice): correus [masculine] (Latin), kumpan (Swedish), medbrottsling (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-partner_in_crime-en-noun-mIpHYtoz Disambiguation of Crime: 83 17 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'a criminal accomplice': 97 3
  2. (informal, humorous) A close associate. Tags: humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-partner_in_crime-en-noun-Ays4nTIL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49

Inflected forms

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