complicity

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In the courtroom, Ms Pelicot and her family sat through nearly four months of veiled insinuations and open accusations of complicity from both the defendants and their lawyers.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

And he has a chance to, whether he knows it or not, he’s going to tell her about his feelings of strange complicity in something he had no responsibility for.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

That linguistic timidity —our inability to name what’s happening — is itself a form of complicity, and the result of a combination of fear and fecklessness.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

Ten former allies of the Bongos are also on trial, accused of complicity in the embezzlement of public funds.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

But he seemed to be understanding Sir Charles better than she was, for a flicker of complicity was passing between them, and Oliver came to sit down, too.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman