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Complicity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being an accomplice; partnership in wrong-doing or in an objectionable act: usually followed by with before the person and in before the thing: as, complicity with a criminal, or in a criminal act.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

Word Usage

"In an "Organized Crime" panel, he spoke of the $50 billion Mexico drug trade and emphasizing the word "complicity," mentioned that 80 percent of those illicit mind-altering substances are consumed by the USA."

Antonym

innocence

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

guilt guiltiness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

association privity guilt connivance complicitousness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Felicity analyticity authenticity domesticity duplicity

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

accomplice wrongdoing participation bribery involvement