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complicit

[kuhm-plis-it] / kəmˈplɪs ɪt /


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Cambodia has denied suggestions its government is complicit.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

In this, they become complicit through tacit consent.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

Many Americans, including Trump’s supporters, have long demanded the records, in part to assess whether other powerful men were complicit or involved in the abuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

He said he would have apologised were he "in any way complicit or culpable" but stressed that was never the case.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

Wittingly or unwittingly, they found themselves complicit in the emergence of a penal system unprecedented in world history.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander



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