Accessory

Portuguese Meaning

acessório

adicional

adventício

suplementar

acessório

suplemento

receptador

English Meaning

  1. A subordinate or supplementary item; an adjunct.
  2. Something nonessential but desirable that contributes to an effect or result. See Synonyms at appendage.
  3. Law One who incites, aids, or abets a lawbreaker in the commission of a crime but is not present at the time of the crime. Also called accessory before the fact.
  4. Law One who aids a criminal after the commission of a crime, but was not present at the time of the crime. Also called accessory after the fact.
  5. Having a secondary, supplementary, or subordinate function.
  6. Law Serving to aid or abet a lawbreaker, either before or after the commission of the crime, without being present at the time the crime was committed.