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complicity
[ kuhm-plis-i-tee ]
/ kəmˈplɪs ɪ ti /
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noun, plural com·plic·i·ties.
the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing: complicity in a crime.
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OTHER WORDS FROM complicity
com·plic·i·tous, adjectivenon·com·plic·i·ty, noun, plural non·com·plic·i·ties.Words nearby complicity
complicate, complicated, complication, complice, complicit, complicity, complier, compliment, complimentary, complimentary close, compline
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British Dictionary definitions for complicity
complicity
/ (kəmˈplɪsɪtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the fact or condition of being an accomplice, esp in a criminal act
a less common word for complexity
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