complicity
noun /kəmˈplɪsəti/
/kəmˈplɪsəti/
[uncountable] (formal)- complicity (in something) the act of taking part with another person in a crime
同谋；共犯；勾结 - to be guilty of complicity in the murder
犯凶杀同谋罪 - evident complicity between the two brothers
两兄弟间明显的串通一气
Topics Crime and punishmentc2- She did not suspect him of complicity with the authorities.
她没怀疑他会与当局串通。 - her alleged complicity in the bombing
爆炸事件中她被控的共谋 - her complicity in a plot to kill the president
她参与到刺杀总统的密谋中 - the complicity between the army and drug smugglers
军队和毒贩之间的串通
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- alleged
- apparent
- active
- …
- complicity between
- complicity in
- complicity with
- …
- an act of complicity
词源mid 17th cent.: from Middle English complice ‘an associate’, from Old French, from late Latin complex, complic- ‘allied’, from Latin complicare ‘fold together’, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’. Compare with accomplice. - to be guilty of complicity in the murder