Complicity

Word COMPLICITY
Character 10
Hyphenation com plic i ty
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Complicity"

What do we mean by complicity?

Involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime. noun

The state of being an accomplice; partnership in wrong-doing or in an objectionable act: usually followed by with before the person and in before the thing: as, complicity with a criminal, or in a criminal act. noun

The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt. noun

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing. noun

Guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense noun

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

Complexity.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Complicity

The word "complicity" in example sentences

In an "Organized Crime" panel, he spoke of the $50 billion Mexico drug trade and emphasizing the word "complicity," mentioned that 80 percent of those illicit mind-altering substances are consumed by the USA. ❋ Brad Schreiber (2011)

"That's exactly what I call complicity or participation" to torture as defined by the convention, Nowak said at a news conference.

"That's exactly what I call complicity or participation" to torture as defined by the convention ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Corporate oligarchy is a form of power, governmental or operational, where such power effectively rests with a small, elite group of inside individuals or influential economic entities or devices, such as banks, commercial entities that act in complicity with, or at the whim of the oligarchy, often with little or no regard for constitutionally protected prerogative.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

She argues that these mass spectacles of death and annihilation are "in complicity with the abhorrent." ❋ Unknown (2009)

This needs a certain complicity between the writer and reader. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That sort of silent complicity is tragically a reality that turns many lonely teens into the headlines we've seen too many times in the past month. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sen. John McCain's wife Cindy appears in a new ad that harshly criticizes the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and government officials and religious leaders generally, over what she and others describe as complicity in the bullying that has led to a rash of highly-publicized suicides among gay youth. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Of course, a few merely duplicated prevalent stereotypes for commercial gain, yet most chose not to act in complicity with their lesser-informed audiences because they were too ambitious to sacrifice originality for profit. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Braden's refusal to live in complicity with the privileges of race and class, her insis - ❋ Unknown (2003)

I can't deny that starting over with raw data has its advantages, but quick results isn't likely to be one of them, and we wanted to get quick results for our pains—and to give other scholars quick results for their collaboration, or call it complicity, with us. ❋ Unknown (2003)

This complicity is clearly found in Milton, including in the passage cited here, but read very differently by Blake. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Page 20 which pervades the North, in complicity with Southern rebellion, is not speedily put down, it will not be long before a reign of terror, like that which desolated France in former days, shall be roaring like ❋ Unknown (1865)

2# Similarly, if undertaken without the sanction of the United Nations Security Council, either alone by the United States or in complicity with Israel, it would stamp the perpetrator (s) as an international outlaw (s). ❋ Unknown (2006)

This principle holds true even if you are guilty of precisely the same thing as those you accuse (talking up Saddam’s WMDs) and your complicity is conclusively demonstrated on audiotape and videotape. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But the reward for your complicity is a delightfully unclassifiable reading experience. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

The indictment refers to responsibility for collective complicity, which is not an offence covered by Swedish law. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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