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" I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country."
Edward Zwick

Meaning of "complicit" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMPLICIT

Back formation from complicity.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COMPLICIT

ˌkɒmˈplɪsɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPLICIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Complicit is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COMPLICIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Complicity

An individual is complicit in a crime if he/she is aware of its occurrence and has the ability to report the crime, but fails to do so. As such, the individual effectively allows criminals to carry out a crime despite possibly being able to stop that person--either directly or by contacting the authorities. The offender is a de facto accessory to the crime; rather than an innocent bystander. Law relating to complicity varies. Usually complicity is not a crime although this sometimes conflicts with popular perception. At a certain point a person that is complicit in a crime may become a conspirator depending on the degree of involvement by the individual and whether a crime was completed or not. Complicity is a doctrine that operates to hold persons criminally responsible for the acts of others. Complicity encompasses accessorial and conspiratorial liability. Accessorial liability is frequently referred to as accomplice liability. An accomplice is a person who helps another person commit a crime, Accomplice liability involves primary actors who actually participate in the commission of the crime and secondary actors who aid and encourage the primary actors.

Definition of complicit in the English dictionary

The definition of complicit in the dictionary is involved with others in reprehensible or illegal activity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPLICIT

apophysate · basset · corset · deficit · Dorset · elicit · explicit · facet · faucet · Fawcett · illicit · implicit · inexplicit · lancet · licit · overexplicit · sit · solicit · Somerset · transit

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPLICIT

complicacies · complicacy · complicant · complicate · complicated · complicatedly · complicatedness · complication · complicative · complice · complicities · complicitly · complicitous · complicity · complied · complier · complies · compliment · complimental · complimentarily

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPLICIT

a bit · balance of payments deficit · benefit · bit · budget deficit · budgetary deficit · cash deficit · circuit · credit · cut it · democratic deficit · Detroit · dit · edit · exclusive OR circuit · exit · fecit · fit · placit · trade deficit

Synonyms and antonyms of complicit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «complicit» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF COMPLICIT

Find out the translation of complicit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of complicit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «complicit» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

同谋
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cómplices
570 millions of speakers
en

English

complicit
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

complicit
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متواطئة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

соучастниками
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cúmplices
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আছে complicit
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

complices
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Complicit
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

mitschuldig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

加担した
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

공모
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Complicit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng lõa
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உடந்தையாக
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

गुप्तरोग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

suç
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

complice
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

współwinny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

співучасниками
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

complice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνένοχοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aandadig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

delaktig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

medvirker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of complicit

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPLICIT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of complicit
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «complicit».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about complicit

EXAMPLES

6 QUOTES WITH «COMPLICIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word complicit.
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Bruno Heller
The evil of storytelling is you're trying to make the audience complicit in murder - 'Kill the guy! Jump him!' And then once you've done it, it's like, 'I've killed this guy, now what?'
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Bill Kristol
If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.
3
Shelley Morrison
If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.
4
Will Oldham
It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.
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Jim Wallis
But when we place God on our side of things, that we are now ridding the world of evil - that's very dangerous, that one nation has this role to rid the world of evil. What about the evil we have committed, that we are complicit in?
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Edward Zwick
I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPLICIT»

Discover the use of complicit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to complicit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Complicit
Trust nothing and no one as you race toward the explosive conclusion of the gripping psychological thriller Complicit from Stephanie Kuehn, the William C. Morris Award--winning author of Charm & Strange.
Stephanie Kuehn, 2014
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Complicit: How Greed and Collusion Made the Credit Crisis ...
We need to know what went wrong and how to change the practices that led to this calamity. Bloomberg columnist Mark Gilbert shows how Wall Street's tolerance for extremes made the global credit crunch both foreseeable and inevitable.
Mark Gilbert, 2010
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Complicit
Find out more about the authors and books at www.niccifrench.co.uk.
Nicci French, 2010
4
Complicit Fictions: The Subject in the Modern Japanese Prose ...
His skillful weaving of literary theory, textual interpretation, and cultural history makes this a book that students and scholars of modern Japanese culture will refer to for years to come.
James A. Fujii, 1993
5
Complicit
Sutton’s Complicit is a powerful play that explores the world’s current political climate and the consequences that arise when civil liberties become a privilege rather than a universal right.
Joe Sutton, 2009
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Sudhir Patwardhan
Ranjit Hoskote's The Complicit Observer provides an art-historical account of Patwardhan's career, which spans over three decades and ranges across painting, drawing, sculpture and composite works. This book situates Patwardhan's art in ...
Sudhir Patwardhan, Ranjit Hoskote, Sakshi Gallery, 2010
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Complicit
"Steve Fleischli delivers a fast-paced legal drama that will open your eyes to the way the system really works.
Steve Fleischli, 2013
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The Economics of Counterfeit Trade: Governments, Consumers, ...
Thus, it appears that the managers of companies operating in a highly complicit market, such as China, feel that the strategic importance of this market outweighs the intellectual property rights infringements, and will continue to invest in the ...
Peggy E Chaudhry, Alan Zimmerman, 2009
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Is the Leadership in the Black Church Complicit in the ...
Chapter II reviews the concepts of authority, power, and commodification as they relate to the silencing and injustice encountered when followers fail to voice their criticisms or other opinions.
Robin Rachelle Cox Gillespie, 2009
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Narrative Fissures: Reading and Rhetoric
Extending Ohmann's analysis, I posit two readers, one resisting and one complicit, as a text's ideal or implied readers, and track those constructs through four varieties of narrative fissure. The reader I am calling a "resisting reader"' is one who ...
Nita Schechet, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPLICIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term complicit is used in the context of the following news items.
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O'Reilly: Obama Administration Complicit In Murder of Kate Steinle
BILL O'REILLY, O'REILLY FACTOR: Last Wednesday Kate was walking with her father in San Francisco when she was shot dead on the street ... «RealClearPolitics, Jul 15»
2
Asif Kapdia thinks we may be 'complicit' in Amy Winehouse's downfall
'In the latter period [of her life] the mirror turns back to the audience and you think a little bit about: were we all slightly complicit in what ... «Metro, Jul 15»
3
Comment: If the Labor Left can't get boat turn backs right, then why …
The left of the ALP have always been complicit in the atrocities of our asylum seeker policy. They were complicit when they voted with their ... «SBS, Jul 15»
4
The Greek Leadership Tragedy: Why Greece Needs A Leader Who'll …
Anything else would make you part of the problem and complicit in the unhappy state of your home. And so it is with Greece. It may be the home ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Testimony puts Bobby Isidore inside bloody truck in 2013 Slidell …
Isidore does not deny he was in the truck in September 2013 when Leighton Powe Jr. of Slidell was shot. To what extent he is complicit in his ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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Column: Everyone loves a comeback…right?
Or are we simply uncomfortable being complicit in supporting them when we've seen the damage they've done, proof that removes any doubt? «WTOP, Jul 15»
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Why The Second Circuit Made A Flawed Decision In Upholding …
Ross Perlin, author of a book on internships, argued eloquently in the New York Times that “these very same institutions have been complicit in ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Five reasons Christians should stay in the Middle East
Such an approach is naive at best, and complicit at worst, accomplishing the religious cleansing desired by the Islamic State group. Here are ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
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MPs call for guidance on prosecuting UK spies over US drone strikes
... documents “lend weight” to suggestions by human rights lawyers and campaigners that British agents may have been complicit in the strikes. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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$100 free grocery coupon: real or fake?
Social media makes it easy for innocent deal-hunters to potentially become complicit by unknowingly using a fraudulent coupon they found ... «KING5.com, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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