complicit

The definition of complicit is someone who participates in, or associates with people who are involved in, illegal activities.

(adjective)

An example of complicit is a person who's part of a drug dealing cartel.

See complicit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime; having complicity: newspapers complicit with the propaganda arm of a dictatorship.

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Origin: Back-formation from complicity

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