complicity
Word family nouncomplicityadjectivecomplicit
com·plic·i·ty /kəmˈplɪsəti/ noun [uncountableU] formal 1 SCTAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDinvolvement in a crime, together with other people 〔罪案的〕共犯,同谋complicity in Jennings denied complicity in the murder. 詹宁斯否认自己参与了谋杀案。
2 involvement in or knowledge of a situation, especially one that is morally wrong or dishonest 〔尤指对不道德或不诚实情况的〕串通,勾结,同谋complicity with His complicity with the former government had led to his downfall. 与上届政府的瓜葛使他身败名裂。
—complicit adjectiveadj The careers of officers complicit in the cover-up were ruined. 参与掩盖真相的那些官员前途被毁掉了。
complicity in• He was charged with complicity in the murder of Sayers. Origin complicity (1600-1700) French complicité, from
Old French complice;
→ ACCOMPLICE