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
What if we could avoid our taxpayer’s complicity, without forgoing the benefits of a common tax system?
From Slate • May 11, 2026
Monitors have accused senior Cambodian officials of complicity -- allegations the government has denied.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Years later, her complicity filled her with retroactive rage and guilt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
I watched him, burning with shame at my complicity; but there was no way out of this arrangement, should I wish to continue my education.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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