Cryptic crossword clue
Trapping criminal associate? 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ACCESSORY

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What does ACCESSORY mean?

ACCESSORY adjective
  1. Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of people and things, and, when of people, usually in a bad sense
  2. Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
  3. Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
ACCESSORY noun
  1. Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
  2. An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
  3. A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
  4. Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.

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