accessory
/əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ adjective B2- Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. · accessory garments· Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues.
- Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal. · Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
- Present in a minor amount, and not essential. · accessory mineral
- Supernumerary and generally nonfunctional. · She had an accessory finger on one hand.
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At his command she consented to pass as his sister, though he found the limits of his power over her when he endeavoured to make her the direct accessory to murder.
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