complicity

noun

com·plic·i·ty kəm-ˈpli-s(ə-)tē How to pronounce complicity (audio)

plural complicities

: association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act

arrested for complicity in the crime

: an instance of complicity

The two share a complicity she calls fraternal.

Joan Dupont

Example Sentences

There's no proof of her complicity in the murder. He acted with his brother's complicity.

Recent Examples on the Web The goal is to encourage ordinary citizens to question their complicity in the marketing of implements of war.

Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 The announcement comes as other universities across the nation attempt to reckon with their complicity with slavery.

Ray Sanchez, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022 In Schumer’s comedy, her complicity in her own degradation is often the crowning absurdity, the last laugh.

Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Recognizing our roles as proxy agents means acknowledging our complicity in creating conditions that can unintentionally undercut youth agency.

WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022 She was charged with theft and a warrant for complicity to theft was entered for her boyfriend, a 21-year-old Cleveland man.

cleveland, 23 May 2022 Reuters)Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup, a military tribunal ruled on Wednesday.

Reuters, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022 In arguing for Webb’s complicity, critics point to several pieces of evidence.

Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021 However, times have changed; silence is complicity.

Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French complicité, borrowed from New Latin complicitāt-, complicitās, formed from Late Latin complic-, complex "fellow-participant, partner, accomplice" and Latin -itāt-, -itās -ity, probably after Late Latin duplicitās duplicity — more at complice

Note: The formation of the word is peculiar in that Latin -itāt-, -itās, along with its descendants and borrowings, is rarely added to nouns. Outside of the dictionaries of Thomas Blount and Elisha Coles, complicity is rare to non-existent in English text before the later eighteenth century, when its adoption was probably stimulated by French complicité.

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	complicity
释义	complicity noun com·plic·i·ty kəm-ˈpli-s(ə-)tē plural complicities 1 : association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act arrested for complicity in the crime 2 : an instance of complicity The two share a complicity she calls fraternal. Joan Dupont Synonyms collusion connivance conspiracy See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences There's no proof of her complicity in the murder. He acted with his brother's complicity. Recent Examples on the Web The goal is to encourage ordinary citizens to question their complicity in the marketing of implements of war. Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 The announcement comes as other universities across the nation attempt to reckon with their complicity with slavery. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022 In Schumer’s comedy, her complicity in her own degradation is often the crowning absurdity, the last laugh. Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Recognizing our roles as proxy agents means acknowledging our complicity in creating conditions that can unintentionally undercut youth agency. WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022 She was charged with theft and a warrant for complicity to theft was entered for her boyfriend, a 21-year-old Cleveland man. cleveland, 23 May 2022 Reuters)Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup, a military tribunal ruled on Wednesday. Reuters, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022 In arguing for Webb’s complicity, critics point to several pieces of evidence. Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021 However, times have changed; silence is complicity. Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from French complicité, borrowed from New Latin complicitāt-, complicitās, formed from Late Latin complic-, complex "fellow-participant, partner, accomplice" and Latin -itāt-, -itās -ity, probably after Late Latin duplicitās duplicity — more at complice Note: The formation of the word is peculiar in that Latin -itāt-, -itās, along with its descendants and borrowings, is rarely added to nouns. Outside of the dictionaries of Thomas Blount and Elisha Coles, complicity is rare to non-existent in English text before the later eighteenth century, when its adoption was probably stimulated by French complicité. First Known Use circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1 complicity noun as in conspiracy a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose the two major auction houses acting in complicity to drive up the prices of art works Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance conspiracy collusion connivance duplicity skulduggery chicanery skullduggery intrigue scheme double-dealing cover-up foul play conspiration setup plot frame-up
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complicity

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