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complicity

/kəmˈplɪsɪti/

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

Involvement as a participant or accomplice in wrongdoing or a crime.

His complicity in the fraud was inferred from his signature on the falsified accounts.

Similar: collusion, involvement

Topic: Criminal law in Legal English

Business noun

Involvement with others in an unlawful or unethical act.

Its complicity in the sanctions breach exposed the bank to years of litigation.

Similar: collusion, involvement, connivance

Topic: Corporate governance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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