Used in a Sentence

complicity

How to use complicity in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for complicity.

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By not speaking out you're telling these people that what they believe is OK: silence is complicity, like it or not.

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Quick take

guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of complicity gathered in one view.

noun

guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for complicity.

noun

guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

Example sentences

1

By not speaking out you're telling these people that what they believe is OK: silence is complicity, like it or not.

2

I probably don't agree with Sandvik about Google's complicity, but that doesn't matter.

3

I wrote something like, "At least Reagan had the good grace to keep his complicity using chemical weapons a secret.

4

Surely the ISP knows that some of their customers could use their services for illicit purposes, meaning they're "guilty of complicity" themselves.

5

I think of CDBaby profiting off it and who knows how many others, think of Google's complicity in the mess, think of the lawyers who profit off it keeping the situation rolling.

6

Just because spying has taken place, and is currently taking place, and may even have the complicity of facebook in that spying, it does not mean that facebook is running a botnet to steal advertiser dollars.

7

In our society many of us subconsciously or sometimes consciously turn down the volume of our own conscience, because we'd rather not come face to face with our hypocrisy, our complicity with banal and not so banal evil [1], because we don't want to give up the benefits.

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" Then you could make the anti-raid argument, "The economic disruption of taking a legitimate business off-line and possibly causing irreparable harm to innocent citizens does not warrant such a drastic measure without solid evidence of complicity in the commission of a crime.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use complicity in a sentence?

By not speaking out you're telling these people that what they believe is OK: silence is complicity, like it or not.

What does complicity mean?

guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

What part of speech is complicity?

complicity is commonly used as noun.