having or showing complicity; implicated
complicit
com·plic·it
adjective
The definition of complicit is someone who participates in, or associates with people who are involved in, illegal activities.
An example of complicit is a person who's part of a drug dealing cartel.
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adjective
Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime; having complicity: “Presidential handlers and a complicit press corps managed to suppress public awareness” ( Andrew P.N. Erdmann )
Origin of complicit
Back-formation from complicityTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more complicit, superlative most complicit)
- Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
Origin
Back-formation from complicity, most likely, hence from French complicité, from complice (“partner, accomplice"), from Latin complex, complicem (“partner").
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