complicity

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Some have gone further, citing emails in which women expressed gratitude or warmth toward Epstein as evidence of complicity or consent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

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

He said such an operation was complex, likely requiring the use of a device such as a USB key to install the software, a move that would need "complicity within the crew".

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Social movements are now better positioned to pressure government officials, by raising the political and reputational costs of complicity with crimes against humanity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

The only relatives who knew about it were José Arcadio and Rebeca, with whom Arcadio maintained close relations at that time, based not so much on kinship as on complicity.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez