complicit

[kuhm-plis-it]

adjective

1. choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity.

complicit

/ ˌkɒmˈplɪsɪt /

adjective

1. involved with others in reprehensible or illegal activity

Word History and Origins

Origin of complicit¹

First recorded in 1855–60; back formation from complicity

Word History and Origins

Origin of complicit¹

C20: back formation from _complicity

Example Sentences

She’s also been asking pointed questions that suggest Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, was complicit.

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Borges said he had no choice but to resign from his position to avoid being complicit in activities of DOGE.

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By turning our backs on effective policy that prevents people from dying needlessly, we are complicit in a serious crime.

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"States must consider that their military or other assistance to Israel's military operations in Gaza may put them at risk of being complicit in genocide under the Genocide Convention," she said.

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They've accused Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer – who didn't vote for the funding bill – of being secretly complicit in the reopening plan or simply incompetent.

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