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Noun: accessory before the fact (accessories before the fact)
  1. A person who procures, advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
    "The mastermind was convicted as an accessory before the fact in the bank robbery"

Derived forms: accessories before the fact

Type of: accessary, accessory

Encyclopedia: Accessory before the fact