complicity

[ kuhm-plis-i-tee ]
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noun,plural com·plic·i·ties.
  1. the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing: complicity in a crime.

Origin of complicity

1
1650–60; <Late Latin complic-, stem of complexcomplice + -ity

Other words for complicity

Other words from complicity

  • com·plic·i·tous, adjective
  • non·com·plic·i·ty, noun, plural non·com·plic·i·ties.

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British Dictionary definitions for complicity

complicity

/ (kəmˈplɪsɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. the fact or condition of being an accomplice, esp in a criminal act

  2. a less common word for complexity

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