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complicity - 4 dictionary results

com⋅plic⋅i⋅ty

[kuhm-plis-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing: complicity in a crime.

Origin:
1650–60; < LL complic-, s. of complex complice + -ity


com⋅plic⋅i⋅tous, adjective


collusion, intrigue, implication, connivance.
com·plic·i·ty   (kəm-plĭs'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. com·plic·i·ties
Involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime.

Complicity

Com*plic"i*ty\, n.; pl. Complicities. [F. complicit['e].] The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.

complicity 
1656, from Fr. complicité, from M.Fr., from O.Fr. complice "accomplice," from L.L. complicem, acc. of complex "partner, confederate," from L. complicare "to fold together" (see complicate).
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