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Feigned accomplice

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

One who pretends to consult and act with others in the planning or commission of a crime, but only for the purpose of discovering their plans and confederates and securing evidence against them.

See People v. Bolanger, 71 Cal. 17, 11 Pac. 800.