English Explanatory Dictionary

complicit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/ en-us-complicit.ogg en-au-complicit.ogg

Word forms

complicit more complicit most complicit

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.

Synonyms

complicitous

Related words

complicity

Derived words

complicitly complicitness uncomplicit
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