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Vinony

complicit

adjective

  1. helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/

adj

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.

  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."”