complicity

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A noun referring to the state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o estado de estar envolvido com outros em atividade ilegal ou infração, ou a participação num ato criminoso.

1. Involvement in wrongdoing C1 formal legal

   The fact of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing.

   • The police charged him with complicity in the robbery.
   • Her complicity in the fraud was proven by the emails.
   • They were accused of complicity in the cover-up.

   🇵🇹cumplicidade

   Sinônimos: abetmentcollusioncomplotconnivanceconspiracyinvolvement

   Antônimos: blamelessnessignoranceinnocence

2. Tacit approval C1 formal

   The state of being involved in or supporting something, often through silence or inaction.

   • His silence implied complicity with the unfair decision.
   • The manager's complicity in the toxic work culture was evident.
   • By not reporting the crime, she showed complicity.

   🇵🇹Aprovação tácita

   Sinônimos: abetmentacquiescencecollusionconnivance

   Antônimos: ignoranceinnocence

• complicities plural form
• complicities' possessive plural form
• complicity's possessive singular form