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[ kuh m-plis -it ] SHOW IPA
/ kəmˈplɪs ɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity.
Origin of complicit First recorded in 1855–60; back formation from complicity
Words nearby complicit complicacy, complicate, complicated, complication, complice, complicit , complicity, complier, compliment, complimentary, complimentary close
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Example sentences from the Web for complicit After all, doing so would make them complicit in irrationality, which is against their religion.
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At the age of sixteen these bad guys chase you, often under the amused and complicit watch of policemen.
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Even the five who the Nazis turned on, however, were complicit with the regime in some fashion.
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But my silence was not only wrong; I am complicit on some level in nurturing the “rape culture” that we see today in our country.
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But through all of those years, I was complicit in pushing the myth.
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The United States could have accepted the permanent division of Europe, and been complicit in the oppression of others.
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British Dictionary definitions for complicit adjective involved with others in reprehensible or illegal activity
Word Origin for complicit C20: back formation from complicity
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