noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:K AH0 M P L IH1 S IH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collusion, complicitousness, connivance
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Complexity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: guilt, guiltiness
History
Etymology
From French complicité, from Middle French, from Old French complice (“accomplice”), from Late Latin complic-, stem of complex (“partner, confederate”), from Latin complicō (“fold together”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
bashkëfajësi
— The state of being complicit
Bulgarian:
съучастничество
(sǎučastničestvo)
— The state of being complicit
Catalan:
complicitat
— The state of being complicit
Chinese Mandarin:
同謀 /同谋
(tóngmóu)
— The state of being complicit
Chinese Mandarin:
共謀 /共谋
(gòngmóu)
— The state of being complicit
Dutch:
medeplichtigheid
— The state of being complicit
Esperanto:
kompliceco
— The state of being complicit
Finnish:
osallisuus
— The state of being complicit
French:
complicité
— The state of being complicit
Galician:
complicidade
— The state of being complicit
German:
Mittäterschaft
— The state of being complicit
German:
Mitschuld
— The state of being complicit
German:
Teilhaberschaft
— The state of being complicit
German:
Komplizenschaft
— The state of being complicit
German:
Tatbeteiligung
— The state of being complicit
German:
Komplizität
— The state of being complicit
Hungarian:
bűnrészesség
— The state of being complicit
Italian:
complicità
— The state of being complicit
Japanese:
共犯
(kyōhan)
— The state of being complicit
Norwegian Bokmål:
medskyldighet
— The state of being complicit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
medskuldigheit
— The state of being complicit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
medskyldigheit
— The state of being complicit
Persian:
همدستی
(hamdasti)
— The state of being complicit
Persian:
همدستی در جرم
— The state of being complicit
Polish:
współudział
— The state of being complicit
Portuguese:
cumplicidade
— The state of being complicit
Russian:
соуча́стие
(součástije)
— The state of being complicit
Serbo-Croatian:
suučesništvo
— The state of being complicit
Serbo-Croatian:
saučesništvo
— The state of being complicit
Slovak:
spoluúčasť
— The state of being complicit
Spanish:
complicidad
— The state of being complicit
Swedish:
medskyldighet
— The state of being complicit
Ukrainian:
співу́часть
(spivúčastʹ)
— The state of being complicit
