com ‧ plic ‧ i ‧ ty /kəmˈplɪsəti, kəmˈplɪsɪti/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] formal
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: complicité , from Old French complice ; ⇨ ↑ accomplice ]
1 . involvement in a crime, together with other people
complicity in
Jennings denied complicity in the murder.
2 . involvement in or knowledge of a situation, especially one that is morally wrong or dishonest
complicity with
His complicity with the former government had led to his downfall.
—complicit adjective :
The careers of officers complicit in the cover-up were ruined.