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
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Recent Examples of complicity
Horror also has come at the hands of the West’s collusion and Arab governments’ indifference, which is no different from complicity.
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Protests targeted Egyptian embassies abroad as demonstrators accused the Egyptian government of complicity in the blocking of aid.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Houck, Rogers' boyfriend at the time of her disappearance and the father of her youngest child, was convicted of murder as a principal or accomplice and complicity to tampering with physical evidence in July.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
To the 24 Democrats who voted to stop our complicity, thank you.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Protests targeted Egyptian embassies abroad as demonstrators accused the Egyptian government of complicity in the blocking of aid.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Houck, Rogers' boyfriend at the time of her disappearance and the father of her youngest child, was convicted of murder as a principal or accomplice and complicity to tampering with physical evidence in July.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
To the 24 Democrats who voted to stop our complicity, thank you.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complicity
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The jury convicted Patron of intentional killing while engaged in drug trafficking, hostage taking resulting in death and conspiracy to take hostages resulting in death.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Two young soldiers from each reality must unite to solve a government conspiracy.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Droney found there was no collusion, saying league officials presenting economic information to owners is not indicative of collusion.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In the United Kingdom, regulators warned that AI systems used in energy markets could unintentionally enable tacit collusion between suppliers.—
Gopinath Kathiresan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In addition, senior executives could be held personally liable when offences involve their consent, connivance or neglect.—
Jamie Hailstone,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Complicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicity. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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