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Definition: Complicity |
ComplicityNoun1. Guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "complicity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cooperation | Noun: cooperation; coadjuvancy, coadjutancy; coagency, coefficiency; concert, concurrence, complicity, participation; union; additivity, combination; collusion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Complicity |
| English words defined with "complicity": Art and part ♦ Complicities. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "complicity": Accomplice ♦ Foscari ♦ intentional homicide ♦ voluntary manslaughter. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He had, or believed that he had, a connivance, one might almost say complicity, with events, equivalent to the ancient invulnerability. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The committee leaders were fired with the complicity of an allegedly-CTM "leader" who had a protection contract. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Niger | In March the Government brought charges of complicity against an opposition radio journalist after a guest allegedly made libelous remarks about a political rival during a live broadcast. (references) |
Niger | On at least one occasion during the year, government officials initiated lawsuits against journalists for articles that either criticized them personally or criticized the armed forces or for complicity in libelous comments. (references) | |
Yemen | Al-Zaidi denied knowledge of or complicity in kidnapings or other acts, claiming that security authorities had detained him because they wanted to punish the al-Zaidi tribe, because of his contacts with foreigners and because he had published interviews with kidnap victims. (references) | |
Economic History | Sudan | Allegations of the government's complicity in the assassination attempt against the Egyptian president in Ethiopia in 1995 led to UN Security Council sanctions against the Sudan. (references) |
Dominican Republic | In August 1960, the Organization of American States (OAS) imposed diplomatic sanctions against the Dominican Republic as a result of Trujillo's complicity in an attempt to assassinate President Romulo Betancourt of Venezuela. (references) | |
Libya | When evidence of Libyan complicity was discovered in the Berlin discotheque terrorist bombing that killed an American serviceman, the United States responded by launching an aerial bombing attack against targets near Tripoli and Benghazi in April 1986. Since then, the United States has maintained its trade and travel embargoes and has sought to bring diplomatic and economic pressure to bear against Libya. (references) | |
Human Rights | Central African Republic | Following the May 28 attempted coup, security forces arrested numerous persons on suspicion of complicity in the attempt. (references) |
Rwanda | Sagahutu remained in detention pending a joint military trial by the ICTR for 12 counts of complicity in the 1994 genocide. (references) | |
Central African Republic | On August 25, Jean-Jacques Demafouth, the Minister of Defense, was arrested on suspicion of complicity in the attempted coup. (references) | |
Minorities | India | In September 2000, a special court in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, convicted a 13-year-old boy of complicity in the killing of Staines and his two sons. (references) |
India | The Wadhwa Commission established to investigate the Staines murders presented its findings in August 1999. The report concluded that Dara Singh masterminded the killing and effectively exonerated the Hindu organizations and political parties that had been accused of complicity. (references) | |
France | According to the annual NCCHR report on racism and xenophobia, released in March, there were more than 600 anti-Semitic threats and 116 acts of violence in 2000. In April the ECHR rejected the appeal of Maurice Papon, who was found guilty in 1998 of complicity in committing crimes against humanity for his role in the deportation of hundreds of Jews to Nazi concentration camps during the World War II German occupation. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | The Government also denies involvement or complicity in slavery, and states that hostage taking often accompanies tribal warfare, particularly in war zones not under government control. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Trafficking in women and children, primarily teenage girls, was a problem and local nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) accused some customs and border officials of complicity in trafficking. (references) | |
Indonesia | Attacks against houses of worship continued, and the lack of an effective government response to punish perpetrators and prevent further attacks led to allegations of official complicity in some of the incidents. (references) | |
Political Rights | Central African Republic | On October 26, President Patasse removed General Bozize as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces after accusing him of complicity in the attempted coup. (references) |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | There have been some reports of lower level official complicity and corruption with regard to trafficking. (references) |
Burma | Corruption among local government officials is widespread and includes complicity in the trafficking of persons. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one having offered them a fee for assenting. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Complicity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Complicity" is used about 202 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 202 | 21,454 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "complicity": complicity in ♦ complicity in suicide ♦ look of complicity. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
complicity | 10 |
complicity decision ramirez | 6 |
complicity say silence they voice | 5 |
canada complicity court federal ramirez | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "complicity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pjesëmarrje (attendance, involvement, partaking, participation), bashkëpunim (collaboration, co-operation, teamwork), bashkëfajësi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تورط في جريمة, إشتراك في جريمة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съучастничество (abetment, participation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 共谋. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spoluvina, spoluúèast (partnership). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | conniventie (connivance), medeplichtigheid (abetment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | همدستی درجرم(حق.), شرکت درجرم . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | salainen sopimus (connivance), osallisuus rikokseen, avunanto (aid, aiding and abetting, assistance, help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | complicité (collusion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mitschuld (share of the blame), Mittäterschaften. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνενοχή (complicity in, connivance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שותפות ל"בר עבר". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bűnrészesség, bűnpártolás (abatement, abetment, connivance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keterlibatan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | complicit (abetment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 係累 (dependents, encumbrances, implication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうぼう (atrocious, brutal, brutality, conspiracy, ferocious, frenzy, rage), きょうは" (approach to a bridge, cooperative selling, teaching method), かた" (assistance, conspiracy, lower end, participation, support), れ"るい (implication, involvement), けいるい (dependents, encumbrances, implication, ties), じゅうは" (accomplice, additional printing, felon, felony, literary piracy, old offender, second edition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 공"죄. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | co-pharteeas (collusion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | delaktighet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omplicitycay cumplicidade. (various references) complicitate (abetment, connivance). (various references) соучастие (accessoriness, cahoot, participation). (various references) saučesništvo. (various references) complicidad (abetment, implication), piropo (compliment, flattery). (various references) medbrottslighet. (various references) yardakçılık (abetment), suç ortaklığı (abetment, connivance). (various references) співучасть (abetment, cahoot, fellowship, participation). (various references) tội đ"ng loã, tội a tòng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | complicare, conscientia, conscientiae, conscientiam, conscientiis. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | complice. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Complicity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: complacity, complecti, complica, complice, complicite, complicitly, cumplicity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "complicity" (pronounced kumpli"sutē) |
| 8 | -m p l i" s u t ē | simplicity. |
| 7 | -p l i" s u t ē | duplicity, multiplicity. |
| 6 | -l i" s u t ē | Felicity, publicity. |
| 5 | -i" s u t ē | analyticity, authenticity, domesticity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, ethnicity, specificity, toxicity. |
| 4 | -s u t ē | adversity, animosity, atrocity, audacity, biodiversity, capacity, complexity, curiosity, density, diversity, falsity, ferocity, generosity, incapacity, intensity, laxity, mendacity, monstrosity, necessity, obesity, opacity, overcapacity, paucity, perplexity, perversity, pomposity, propensity, reciprocity, religiosity, scarcity, tenacity, university, varsity, velocity, veracity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, austerity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, divinity, docility, duality, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, femininity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opportunity, originality, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, personality, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, velvety, venality, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, visibility, vitality, volatility, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-i-l-m-o-p-t-y" | |
-1 letter: complicit. | |
-2 letters: impolicy. | |
-3 letters: colitic, mycotic, politic. | |
-4 letters: clitic, comity, comply, miotic, myopic, myotic, policy, polity. | |
-5 letters: clipt, clomp, colic, comic, compt, cyclo, cymol, icily, ictic, imply, licit, limit, lotic, lytic, milty, octyl, optic, picot, pilot, topic, typic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-i-i-l-m-o-p-t-y" | |
+3 letters: apomictically. | |
+4 letters: apocalypticism. | |
+5 letters: apocalypticisms. | |
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