complicity (Meaning)

Wordnet

complicity (n)

guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

complicity Sentence Examples

  1. The bystander's silence in the face of the crime could be interpreted as complicity.
  2. The investigation revealed the politician's complicity in the financial scandal.
  3. The company's environmental practices raised concerns about their potential complicity in deforestation.
  4. The soldier's refusal to follow an unlawful order avoided any complicity in the war crime.
  5. The author explored themes of guilt and complicity in their novel about a group that witnessed a historical injustice.
  6. Denying any complicity, the suspect insisted on their innocence.
  7. The whistleblower exposed the CEO's complicity in the safety violations.
  8. The king's advisors warned him against any complicity in the rebellion.
  9. Historians debate the degree of complicity of various nations in the outbreak of World War II.
  10. Breaking the code of silence required overcoming fear and confronting one's own complicity in the situation.

FAQs About the word complicity

guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

collusion,conspiracy, connivance,duplicity, double-dealing, cover-up, setup, chicanery, foul play, skulduggery

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The bystander's silence in the face of the crime could be interpreted as complicity.

The investigation revealed the politician's complicity in the financial scandal.

The company's environmental practices raised concerns about their potential complicity in deforestation.

The soldier's refusal to follow an unlawful order avoided any complicity in the war crime.