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complicity

noun
🔊/kəmˈplɪsəti/
🔊/kəmˈplɪsəti/
 [uncountable] (formal)
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  1. complicity (in something) the act of taking part with another person in a crime 同谋；共犯；勾结synonym collusion
    • to be guilty of complicity in the murder犯凶杀同谋罪
    • evident complicity between the two brothers两兄弟间明显的串通一气
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    • She did not suspect him of complicity with the authorities.她没怀疑他会与当局串通。
    • her alleged complicity in the bombing爆炸事件中她被控的共谋
    • her complicity in a plot to kill the president她参与到刺杀总统的密谋中
    • the complicity between the army and drug smugglers军队和毒贩之间的串通
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • alleged
    • apparent
    • active
    • …
    preposition
    • complicity  between
    • complicity  in
    • complicity  with
    • …
    phrases
    • an act of complicity
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Middle English complice ‘an associate’, from Old French, from late Latin complex, complic- ‘allied’, from Latin complicare ‘fold together’, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’. Compare with accomplice.