as in conspiracy
a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose
the two major auction houses acting in complicity to drive up the prices of art works
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Central among those truths is Israel’s violent, decades-long subjugation of Palestinians, and US institutions’ complicity in sustaining what Coates sees as a system akin to Jim Crow.
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Longreads, 27 Sep. 2024
The charges against Trump and Vance revolve around disrupting public services, making false alarms, telecommunications harassment, aggravated menacing and complicity.
—Erin Glynn, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Of course, the show teases us, all the while, with the prospect of her complicity—if not outright guilt—in Merritt’s killing.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
In April, Congress passed a bill sending $26.4 billion in further military aid to Israel—an act not merely of complicity but de facto participation in the war.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 25 Aug. 2024
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Longreads, 27 Sep. 2024
The charges against Trump and Vance revolve around disrupting public services, making false alarms, telecommunications harassment, aggravated menacing and complicity.
—Erin Glynn, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Of course, the show teases us, all the while, with the prospect of her complicity—if not outright guilt—in Merritt’s killing.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
In April, Congress passed a bill sending $26.4 billion in further military aid to Israel—an act not merely of complicity but de facto participation in the war.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 25 Aug. 2024
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“Complicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicity. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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