| accessory |
a person who helps another person break the law but does not actually commit the crime. [1/2 definitions] |
| accomplice |
a person who helps another commit a crime or wrongful act. |
| agent provocateur |
(French) a secret agent who incites other people to commit acts that will subject them to punishment or prosecution, or who incites others to acts of rebellion or subversion; troublemaker. |
| agnostic |
one who is unwilling or unable to commit to a particular stance concerning something. [1/4 definitions] |
| back |
to give support to; commit to helping. [1/10 definitions] |
| balk |
in baseball, to commit a balk. [1/7 definitions] |
| barbarize |
to commit gross errors in speaking or writing. [1/4 definitions] |
| betray |
to help the enemy of; commit treason. [1/2 definitions] |
| bravo |
a villain, esp. a person hired to commit murder. [1/4 definitions] |
| burglar |
someone who forces entry into a building in order to commit robbery. |
| burgle |
(informal) to force entry in order to commit robbery; burglarize. |
| consecrate |
to commit or devote to some goal or service. [1/3 definitions] |
| engage |
to pledge or commit oneself; assume an obligation (usu. fol. by "to"). [1/11 definitions] |
| err |
to commit a sin. [1/3 definitions] |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. [1/2 definitions] |
| fault |
to be in error; commit a blunder or mistake. [1/7 definitions] |
| forge1 |
to make or copy something falsely; commit forgery. [1/7 definitions] |
| foul |
to commit a foul against in a game or sport. [2/11 definitions] |
| hatchet man |
(informal) a person hired by another to commit murder. [1/3 definitions] |
| learn |
to commit to memory; memorize. [1/5 definitions] |
| let (oneself) in for |
to allow the possibility for something to enter one's life; to commit oneself to some possibility. |