complicity
noun [U] /kəmˈplɪs.ɪ.ti/
/-ə.t̬i/ formalDefinition
› involvement in a crime or some activity that is wrong: She is suspected of complicity in the fraud.Taking part and getting involvedGetting involved for one's own benefit or against others' willCrime - general words
(Definition of complicity noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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