complicity
playSimple Definition of complicity
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: the act of helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way
Full Definition of complicity
pluralcomplicities
1 : association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
2 : an instance of complicity
Examples of complicity in a sentence
There's no proof of her complicity in the murder.
He acted with his brother's complicity.
Circa 1656
First Known Use of complicity
circa 1656
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