complicity
noun/kəmˈplɪsəti/
/kəmˈplɪsəti/
[uncountable] (formal)- complicity (in something) the act of taking part with another person in a crime synonym collusion
- to be guilty of complicity in the murder
- evident complicity between the two brothers
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc2- She did not suspect him of complicity with the authorities.
- his alleged complicity in the bombing
- her complicity in a plot to kill the president
- the complicity between the army and drug smugglers
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- alleged
- apparent
- active
- …
- complicity between
- complicity in
- complicity with
- …
- an act of complicity
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Middle English complice ‘an associate’, from Old French, from late Latin complex, complic- ‘allied’, from Latin complicare ‘fold together’, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’. Compare with accomplice.
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