complicity
Americannoun
plural
complicitiesnoun
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the fact or condition of being an accomplice, esp in a criminal act
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a less common word for complexity
Other Word Forms
- complicitous adjective
- noncomplicity noun
Etymology
Origin of complicity
1650–60; < Late Latin complic-, stem of complex complice + -ity
Example Sentences
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And he has a chance to, whether he knows it or not, he’s going to tell her about his feelings of strange complicity in something he had no responsibility for.
From Los Angeles Times
It unites the teller and those he is assured will laugh in complicity in its viciousness.
He said such an operation was complex, likely requiring the use of a device such as a USB key to install the software, a move that would need "complicity within the crew".
From Barron's
Art invites complicity, and in the theater, audiences are in on the game.
From Los Angeles Times
Social movements are now better positioned to pressure government officials, by raising the political and reputational costs of complicity with crimes against humanity.
From Los Angeles Times
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