complicit
Meaning
Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/
Etymology
Most likely a back-formation from complicity, under the influence of words such as explicit, as though the suffix -ity were composed of -it (from Latin -itus) and -y.
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