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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
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It literally means 'folded together'
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“Complicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicity. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of complicity was circa 1656
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