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Definition of complicit adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

complicit

adjective
 
/kəmˈplɪsɪt/
 
/kəmˈplɪsɪt/
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  1. complicit (in/with somebody/something) involved with other people in something wrong or illegal
    • Several officers were complicit in the cover-up.
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Origin1940s: back-formation from complicity.
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