complicity
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But to say they choose to live on the street, as Pratt has, is to miss the point, to excuse our own complicity, to overlook historic policy failures, and to choose contempt over compassion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The pope in “Magnifica Humanitas” also asks for “pardon”—from whom it’s unclear—for the church’s complicity in the slave trade and other forms of exploitation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
What if we could avoid our taxpayer’s complicity, without forgoing the benefits of a common tax system?
From Slate • May 11, 2026
When we challenge him about his complicity in the alleged operation, Marwan says: "I am deeply sorry... I was under threat."
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Kiowa, after all, had been a close friend, and for years I’ve avoided thinking about his death and my own complicity in it.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing complicity
Animal Farm
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The Things They Carried
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Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
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