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complicit

Pronunciation: /kəmˈplɪsɪt/
Definition of complicit

adjective

  • involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong:the careers of those complicit in the cover-up were blighted

Origin:

1940s: back-formation from complicity

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