complicit — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ involved with others in an unlawful activity … English terms dictionary
complicit — [[t]kəmplɪ̱sɪt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ in n If someone is complicit in a crime or unfair activity, they are involved in it. [JOURNALISM] He did not witness her execution, yet he and the others are complicit in her death... A mother who does not… … English dictionary
complicit — adjective involved in or knowing about a situation, especially one that is morally wrong or dishonest: They exchanged complicit smiles. | complicit in sth: The careers of the officers complicit in the cover up were ruined … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
complicit — com·plic·it (kəm plĭsʹĭt) adj. Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime; having complicity: newspapers complicit with the propaganda arm of a dictatorship. [Back formation from complicity.] * * * … Universalium
complicit — adjective /kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/ Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature. It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit, guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues, Syn:… … Wiktionary
complicit — com|plic|it [ kəm plısıt ] adjective involved in or knowing about something bad that happens: The government itself may have been complicit in the violence … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
complicit — [kəm plɪsɪt] adjective involved with others in an unlawful activity: the minister was not complicit in the corruption … English new terms dictionary
complicit — UK [kəmˈplɪsɪt] / US adjective involved in or knowing about something bad that happens The government itself may have been complicit in the violence … English dictionary
complicit — /kəmˈplɪsət/ (say kuhm plisuht) adjective involved with a degree of guilt: a company complicit in safety abuses. {backformation from complicity} …
complicit — (ˌ)kəmˈplisə̇t adjective Etymology: back formation from complicity : having complicity who, having abjured killing in revulsion against the war, finds himself guiltily complicit in it in the revolution C.E.Schorske … Useful english dictionary
