Complicit

Etymology
, most likely, hence from complicité:, from complice:, from  complex:, complicem:.

Adjective

 * 1) Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
 * 2) * 1861, Henry M. Wheeler, The Slaves' Champion, p. 203,
 * It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit, guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues,
 * 1) * 1973, Angus Wilson, As If by Magic, Secker and Warburg, p. 177:
 * "I confess," and the Englishman turned with a near complicit grin to Hamo, "I have certain vulgar tastes myself."
 * 1) * 2005, Larry Dennsion, "Letters," Time, 7 March:
 * Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb.

Synonyms

 * complicitous

Derived terms

 * complicitly

Related terms

 * complicity

Translations

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 * Russian: замешанный