complicity

complicity
a) The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank.

b) Complexity.

How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing complicity or mixture!

See Also: accomplice

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Synonyms:
, , (in wrong), (of crime)


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