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complicity

[ kuhm-plis-i-tee ]

noun

plural complicities.
  1. the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing:

    complicity in a crime.

    Synonyms: , , ,



complicity

/ əˈɪɪɪ /

noun

  1. the fact or condition of being an accomplice, esp in a criminal act
  2. a less common word for complexity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • dz·i·ٴdzܲ adjective
  • ԴDzcdz·i·ٲ noun plural noncomplicities
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Word History and Origins

Origin of complicity1

1650–60; < Late Latin complic-, stem of complex complice + -ity
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Example Sentences

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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.

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The news has been a steady, depressing drumbeat of complicity tales lately.

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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.

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Still, it inspires hope in some that Rubio knows his complicity with Trump's fascist designs is wrong.

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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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