Sentence examples for the complicit from inspiring English sources
adjective
Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
'Of course!' she said, smiling the complicit smile of the converted fun-lover.
The list of the complicit starts with the first policeman who was offered money, but it extends to David Cameron.
Anna Nicole offered the chance to scrutinise the culture of celebrity away from the hand-wringing of the complicit media.
In lively, straightforward prose, Dovey gets to the heart of the complicit nature of the master-servant relationship, in which "power and desire couple effortlessly".
As stories emerge of regime figures – army generals, notorious security chiefs, doctors accused of torture – murdered in their homes, a new terror seizes the complicit middle-class.
Weiner is clearly in denial about the misuse of drugs, the outrage that is sweeping the game and the complicit stance that the union has taken.
How was the nurse complicit in the death of the driver?
Why were the Americans complicit in the corruption, quickly losing their legitimacy in the eyes of the Iraqi people?
Multiple warning signs were not addressed, making the agencies complicit in the abuse.
The more complicit he became, the less dispassionate his reporting.
The refugees believe the police were complicit in the violence.
