English-Italian translations for accessory

• accessorio
  Dovrebbe passare da una comunicazione basata su Bruxelles a un approccio decentrato, da uno strumento accessorio a una vera e propria politica europea, al pari delle altre politiche comunitarie. It should move from Brussels-based communication to a decentralised approach and from an accessory tool to a real European policy on an equal footing with other EU policies.
• complice
  La maggioranza che ne rifiuta la cessazione diventa complice. The majority that rejects stopping it becomes an accessory.
  Nella migliore delle ipotesi è un semplice complice, nella peggiore il suo specchio. In the best scenario law is an accessory to history, in the worst, a reflection of it.
  Purtroppo, non è più possibile fermare l'America, ma l'Europa deve fare in modo di non diventare sua complice. Unfortunately America cannot be restrained any longer, but Europe must make sure that it does not become an accessory.

Definition of accessory

• 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
• Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself
• Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment
• An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves
• A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator

Examples

• She was accessory to the riot
• accessory sounds in music
• the accessories of a mobile phone

Related words

• accessory fruit
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• accessory shoe
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