complicity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From French complicité, from Middle French, from Old French complice (“accomplice”), from Late Latin complic-, stem of complex (“partner, confederate”), from Latin complicō (“fold together”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank.
1854, Charles Dickens, chapter 32, in Hard Times:
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) Complexity.
How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing complicity or mixture!
1861, Dr. Marx, “Musical Education and Instruction,”, in The Musical Times, volume 10, number 220, page 53:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| complicities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
complicitous · noncomplicity · uncomplicity
Relateds
Synonyms
collusion · complicitousness · connivance
Translations (33)
sh saučesništvo (The state of being complicit) · fr complicité (The state of being complicit) · sv medskyldighet (The state of being complicit) · cmn 同謀 /同谋 (The state of being complicit) · gl complicidade (The state of being complicit) · nb medskyldighet (The state of being complicit) · fa همدستی (The state of being complicit) · de Tatbeteiligung (The state of being complicit) · nn medskyldigheit (The state of being complicit) · es complicidad (The state of being complicit) · eo kompliceco (The state of being complicit) · bg съучастничество (The state of being complicit) · nl medeplichtigheid (The state of being complicit) · de Mittäterschaft (The state of being complicit) · sq bashkëfajësi (The state of being complicit) · it complicità (The state of being complicit) · pl współudział (The state of being complicit) · nn medskuldigheit (The state of being complicit) · ru соуча́стие (The state of being complicit) · ca complicitat (The state of being complicit) · de Mitschuld (The state of being complicit) · ja 共犯 (The state of being complicit) · sh suučesništvo (The state of being complicit) · de Komplizität (The state of being complicit) · de Komplizenschaft (The state of being complicit) · cmn 共謀 /共谋 (The state of being complicit) · sk spoluúčasť (The state of being complicit) · de Teilhaberschaft (The state of being complicit) · fa همدستی در جرم (The state of being complicit) · pt cumplicidade (The state of being complicit) · fi osallisuus (The state of being complicit) · hu bűnrészesség (The state of being complicit) · uk співу́часть (The state of being complicit)