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complicit

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪsɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P L IH1 S AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَوَاطِئ (mutawāṭiʔ) — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Arabic: مُشَارِك (mušārik) — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Danish: medskyldig — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Danish: meddelagtig — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Danish: medsammensvoren — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Dutch: medeplichtig — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Esperanto: kunkulpa — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Esperanto: komplica — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Finnish: osallinen — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • French: complice — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • German: Komplize — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • German: beteiligt — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • German: mitschuldig — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • German: mit unter einer Decke steckend — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • German: mit drin steckend — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Icelandic: samsekur — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Ido: komplica — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Portuguese: cúmplice — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Portuguese: complícito — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Russian: замешанный (zamešannyj) — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Russian: соучастник (součastnik) — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Russian: причастный (pričastnyj) — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Spanish: cómplice — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Swedish: delaktig — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature
  • Swedish: medskyldig — associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature