accessary

Noun

 * 1)  Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.

Translations

 * Estonian: kaasosaline

Adjective

 * 1)  Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.

Usage notes

 * "This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory." - Webster, 1913. Since that time this trend has accelerated.