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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime; having complicity.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Back-formation from complicity.]

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Back-formation from complicity, most likely, hence from French complicité, from complice ("partner, accomplice"), from Latin complex, complicem ("partner").

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