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complicit

[kuhm-plis-it] / kəmˈplɪs ɪt /


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"We denounce and totally reject those claims that Africans are as guilty and complicit as those who masterminded this whole atrocity," he says.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

But Mark Cuban, the Mavericks’ former majority owner who currently owns 27% of the team, indicated March 31 during a podcast that Kidd was complicit.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

The California-based computer networking giant rejected the accusations that it was complicit in human rights abuses against members of the Falun Gong, which has been banned in China since 1999.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

How much can you allow yourself to be complicit in?

From Slate Jun. 17, 2026

Over time, many of the investigators came to believe that Hattie Whitehorn, who had quickly spent some of her husband’s fortune after his death, was also complicit.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann



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