从犯 (cóng fàn) — accessory (to a crime), accomplice

Definition

A participant in a crime who is not the main person responsible. In legal usage it contrasts with 主犯 ('principal offender'), the leader of the crime.

noun

accessory (to a crime)accomplice

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从犯。
Tā shì zhè qǐ qiǎng jié àn de cóng fàn.
He was an accessory in this robbery case.
从犯。
Fǎ yuàn pàn tā cóng fàn zuì míng chéng lì.
The court found him guilty as an accessory.
从犯。
Zhǔ fàn hé cóng fàn dōu bèi dài bǔ le.
Both the principal offender and the accessory were arrested.

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