complicit

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/ (UK)

Definition of complicit

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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, […]”
    “"I confess," and the Englishman turned with a near complicit grin to Hamo, "I have certain vulgar tastes myself."”
    “Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb.”
    “I have been critical of the RDG in the past for merely being a cypher for government announcements, but the failure of its members to make a stand on this issue and not be complicit in the Government's subterfuge is a shocking indictment of their failure to protect the industry.”

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Etymology

Most likely a back-formation from complicity, under the influence of words such as explicit, as though the suffix -ity were composed of -it (from Latin -itus) and -y.

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