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complicit

[ kuhm-plis-it ]

adjective

  1. choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity.


complicit

/ ËŒ°ìÉ’³¾Ëˆ±è±ôɪ²õɪ³Ù /

adjective

  1. involved with others in reprehensible or illegal activity
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of complicit1

First recorded in 1855–60; back formation from complicity
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of complicit1

C20: back formation from complicity
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In a smart detail, Mendelsohn’s unnamed racist shoots the other white guy in the store a complicit wink.

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The sluggish response by the Department of Justice to pursue Trump on a wide variety of crimes, coupled with a complicit or inept judiciary gave the virus time to explode.

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Three of them have good cause to fear the law; all seven are complicit in benefits fraud.

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"It is distressing to think that such a large group of people could have been complicit in such an orchestrated, targeted crime."

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What we hadn’t considered is the extent to which a complicit entertainment industry has been softening us up by elevating clowns into sages.

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