complicity

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

alleged, apparent

The investigation revealed the manager's apparent complicity in the fraud scheme.

active | government, police

PREP

~ between

There was clear complicity between the two managers in hiding the company's financial problems.

~ in

The manager's complicity in the fraud scheme led to his arrest last month.

~ with

The manager resigned after investigators discovered his complicity with the fraud scheme.

PHRASES

an act of complicity

Definitions

noun

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

He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank.

Complexity.

How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing complicity or mixture!

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Example Bank

He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank.

Wiktionary

How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing

Wiktionary

Natalia and Veronica looked at each other in complicity.

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It is but a short step from negligence to complicity.

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A strong complicity had bound him to her.

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Silence in the face of racism and dehumanization is complicity.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, complicity is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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