complicity
/kəmplˈɪsəti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank."
- "How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing complicity or mixture!"
Etymology
From French complicité, from Middle French, from Old French complice (“accomplice”), from Late Latin complic-, stem of complex (“partner, confederate”), from Latin complicō (“fold together”).
Origin
- Source language: French