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Complicity

Definition

(formal) The state of being involved with others in a wrong or illegal activity, or of being willing to help or support them in such an activity; often implies a sense of shared guilt or responsibility.

Example Sentences

1The company's complicity in the environmental disaster was revealed through leaked documents, leading to widespread public outrage.
2Did the government's complicity in the human rights abuses constitute a breach of international law?
3The whistleblower's testimony implicated several high-ranking officials in a web of complicity and corruption.
4Avoid any actions that could be perceived as complicity with the oppressive regime.
5Historians continue to debate the extent of the church's complicity in the persecution of minority groups during the war.

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