complicit

Meaning

Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.

Frequency

29k
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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