as in conspiracy
a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose
the two major auction houses acting in complicity to drive up the prices of art works
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Recent Examples of complicity
Jackson's level of complicity in the Black Sox scandal remains a point of contention.
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CBS News, 13 May 2025
But her machinations also serve as an extreme example of complicity against which Pabst’s more subtly evolving behavior can be measured.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
When your choices carry weight, when your words set direction, and when your silence can be interpreted as complicity, the room for error shrinks fast.
—Adrian Gostick, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
To those of us who have devoted our lives and taken risks for non-violence, those in complicity with decisions to cut library funding and remove books should be thankful.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
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CBS News, 13 May 2025
But her machinations also serve as an extreme example of complicity against which Pabst’s more subtly evolving behavior can be measured.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
When your choices carry weight, when your words set direction, and when your silence can be interpreted as complicity, the room for error shrinks fast.
—Adrian Gostick, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
To those of us who have devoted our lives and taken risks for non-violence, those in complicity with decisions to cut library funding and remove books should be thankful.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complicity
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Henley was indicted in March on federal charges of fraud, robbery, extortion and running a racketeering conspiracy.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Related Stories Cannes 2025 Palme d’Or Contenders Ranked: Who Will Win the Top Prize? ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Wins Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes 2025 Honey is drawn into a conspiracy of sorts when a woman who reached out to her for help ends up dead at the bottom of a cliff.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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Early in his first term, in May 2017, Trump fired Comey, who as FBI director had been leading an investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign's possible collusion with Russia to help Trump get elected.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Congressional Republicans repeatedly peppered Maher and Kruger with accusations regarding their coverage of the COVID-19 origins lab leak theory, Russian collusion, and Hunter Biden’s laptop.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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In addition, senior executives could be held personally liable when offences involve their consent, connivance or neglect.—
Jamie Hailstone,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Complicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicity. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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