complicity

IPA: kʌmpɫˈɪsʌti

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
(archaic) Complexity.

Examples of "complicity" in Sentences

This needs a certain complicity between the writer and reader.
"That's exactly what I call complicity or participation" to torture as defined by the convention ...
She argues that these mass spectacles of death and annihilation are "in complicity with the abhorrent."
"That's exactly what I call complicity or participation" to torture as defined by the convention, Nowak said at a news conference.
That sort of silent complicity is tragically a reality that turns many lonely teens into the headlines we've seen too many times in the past month.
In an "Organized Crime" panel, he spoke of the $50 billion Mexico drug trade and emphasizing the word "complicity," mentioned that 80 percent of those illicit mind-altering substances are consumed by the USA.
Sen. John McCain's wife Cindy appears in a new ad that harshly criticizes the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and government officials and religious leaders generally, over what she and others describe as complicity in the bullying that has led to a rash of highly-publicized suicides among gay youth.
“Corporate oligarchy is a form of power, governmental or operational, where such power effectively rests with a small, elite group of inside individuals or influential economic entities or devices, such as banks, commercial entities that act in complicity with, or at the whim of the oligarchy, often with little or no regard for constitutionally protected prerogative.”