complicity

Example Sentences

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One official who was involved and spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid facing retribution said they were disgusted by the request’s “brazenness and the high-handed expectation of complicity.”

From Salon

An NGO said Tuesday it had filed a legal complaint against TotalEnergies, accusing the French energy multinational of "complicity in war crimes" at its gas site in Mozambique.

From Barron's

"Their complicity is documented here to hold these states accountable. These states must address their role in the genocide and cease their complicity."

From Barron's

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

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

From Barron's