Definitions
Involved with others in wrongdoing or a morally questionable act.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“In on it”9 letters
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