accessory
/əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ noun B1- Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment. · the accessories of a mobile phone
- An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
- A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. · She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
- Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
Plural accessories
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There was a self-possessed young lady connected with these accessories; and Pitcher was there to construe her.
William was decoyed up and shot, and had they only got the whole of the note and paid a little more attention to detail in the accessories, it is very possible that suspicion might never have been aroused.”
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.
However, Mathilde remained unsatisfied, lamenting her lack of sophisticated accessories to complete her glamorous appearance for the prestigious event.
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