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complicity
[ kuhm-plis-i-tee ]
noun
- the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing:
complicity in a crime.
Synonyms: , , ,
complicity
/ əˈɪɪɪ /
noun
- the fact or condition of being an accomplice, esp in a criminal act
- a less common word for complexity
Other Word Forms
- dz·i·ٴdzܲ adjective
- ԴDzcdz·i·ٲ noun plural noncomplicities
Word History and Origins
Origin of complicity1
Example Sentences
Critics felt he failed to do enough to oppose the country's brutal military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s and to criticise the complicity of some figures in the Church.
The news has been a steady, depressing drumbeat of complicity tales lately.
It is not merely that people surrender to authoritarianism, but that they are fashioned by it, habituated to its violence, until resistance feels futile and complicity feels natural.
Still, it inspires hope in some that Rubio knows his complicity with Trump's fascist designs is wrong.
The op-ed called for Tufts “to end its complicity with Israel insofar as it is oppressing the Palestinian people and denying their right to self-determination — a right guaranteed by international law.“
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