Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime; having complicity.
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- adjective Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a
questionable nature.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Human rights lawyers and NGOs have expressed concern that the UK's intelligence agents could remain complicit in torture after consulting ministers, in line with the new guidance.
New government guidance on torture breaches law Ian Cobain 2010
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Any evidence that Obama and the current FBI and CIA are under threat and must remain complicit in this murder?
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This lie of the complacent and complicit is the latter.
The Epic and the Past Hal Duncan 2008
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This lie of the complacent and complicit is the latter.
Archive 2008-03-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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How complicit is she in alienating Blondie from the family?
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Just to survive in Libya, families have needed favours: to thrive could be called complicit, but it's not simple any more.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Four men, who formed a splinter group from the Klan, called the Cahaba Boys, were identified as complicit in the bombing .
The Guardian World News Gary Younge 2011
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Gardiner’s investigation revealed that the mainstream media not only failed to stand up to the government and insist on the truth, they all too often submitted in complicit cooperation with the government.
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When people see how many decades you played this game taking their hard earned treasure; and in complicit roles with those who bankrupted and undermined the full faith and credit of the public’s treasury; and (more importantly) its good will in the social contract of government, we’ll see a reckoning the likes of which tars and feathers share no simile.
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Ask yourself: How can a Congress that broke a 50-year record on fighting the President's agenda be called complicit?
Obama and Congress Must Act to Restore the Constitution 2009
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