complicity

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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

Additional legislative measures are necessary to prevent complicity and maintain public trust in local institutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

It unites the teller and those he is assured will laugh in complicity in its viciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

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 • Nov. 18, 2025

Kiowa, after all, had been a close friend, and for years I’ve avoided thinking about his death and my own complicity in it.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien