as in conspiracy
a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose
the two major auction houses acting in complicity to drive up the prices of art works
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Recent Examples of complicity
But the object of the campus encampments was a portfolio, a set of policies, the idiocies and lethal complicities of bureaucracy and elite opinion.
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2024
Telegram users may have reason to fear after French authorities threw the book at Durov, charging him with complicity in crimes that take place on the app, including the sharing of child pornography and the trading of narcotics.
—Josh Axelrod, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024
The complicity of conservative nationalists in the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 offers disturbing parallels to the current American political situation.
—Christopher R. Browning, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2024
Deftly translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer, this début novel offers a thoroughgoing inventory of French complicity with the crimes of Nazi occupiers during the Second World War.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2024
Telegram users may have reason to fear after French authorities threw the book at Durov, charging him with complicity in crimes that take place on the app, including the sharing of child pornography and the trading of narcotics.
—Josh Axelrod, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024
The complicity of conservative nationalists in the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 offers disturbing parallels to the current American political situation.
—Christopher R. Browning, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2024
Deftly translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer, this début novel offers a thoroughgoing inventory of French complicity with the crimes of Nazi occupiers during the Second World War.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for complicity
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Francis was arrested in late 2013 and pleaded guilty in 2015 to charges of bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to defraud the United States.Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving regulators who approved the 737 Max.David Koenig, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the Palermo gelato affair, the company did not have the necessary permits for one of the two shops, prompting calls for a probe into whether there was collusion with public officials.Brooke Seipel, Fortune Europe, 27 Oct. 2024
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If collusion is proven, the implications could be profound, according to Anat Alon-Beck, a business law professor at Case Western Reserve University who specializes in anti-trust law.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
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Of course, this was done with the connivance of politicians.Vera Bergengruen/Buenos Aires, TIME, 23 May 2024
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Michael Hiltzik: How the GOP — with Democratic Party connivance — has undermined a crucial effort to avert the next pandemic.Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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“Complicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicity. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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