"complicit" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2": "complicity",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from complicity",
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        "2": "explicit"
      },
      "expansion": "explicit",
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      },
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      },
      "expansion": "-itus",
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        "2": "-y"
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      "expansion": "-y",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more complicit",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most complicit",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "English back-formations",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "complicitly"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1861, Henry M. Wheeler, The Slaves' Champion, page 203",
          "text": "It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit, guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Angus Wilson, As If by Magic, Secker and Warburg, page 177",
          "text": "\"I confess,\" and the Englishman turned with a near complicit grin to Hamo, \"I have certain vulgar tastes myself.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 March 7, Larry Dennsion, “Letters”, in Time",
          "text": "Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42",
          "text": "I have been critical of the RDG in the past for merely being a cypher for government announcements, but the failure of its members to make a stand on this issue and not be complicit in the Government's subterfuge is a shocking indictment of their failure to protect the industry.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Associated",
          "associated"
        ],
        [
          "participating",
          "participate"
        ],
        [
          "questionable",
          "questionable"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "complicity"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "complicitous"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mutawāṭiʔ",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "مُتَوَاطِئ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mušārik",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "مُشَارِك"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "medskyldig"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "meddelagtig"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "medsammensvoren"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "medeplichtig"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "kunkulpa"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "komplica"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "osallinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "complice"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Komplize"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "beteiligt"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "mitschuldig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "mit unter einer Decke steckend"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "mit drin steckend"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "komplica"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "cúmplice"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zamešannyj",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "замешанный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "součastnik",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "соучастник"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pričastnyj",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "причастный"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "cómplice"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "delaktig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
          "word": "medskyldig"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪsɪt"
    },
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        "US"
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      "text": "Audio (US)"
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "complicit"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "complicitly"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "explicit"
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      "expansion": "explicit",
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    },
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        "2": "-ity"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "-itus"
      },
      "expansion": "-itus",
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  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more complicit",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most complicit",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "complicity"
    }
  ],
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        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English back-formations",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪsɪt",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪsɪt/3 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1861, Henry M. Wheeler, The Slaves' Champion, page 203",
          "text": "It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit, guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Angus Wilson, As If by Magic, Secker and Warburg, page 177",
          "text": "\"I confess,\" and the Englishman turned with a near complicit grin to Hamo, \"I have certain vulgar tastes myself.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 March 7, Larry Dennsion, “Letters”, in Time",
          "text": "Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42",
          "text": "I have been critical of the RDG in the past for merely being a cypher for government announcements, but the failure of its members to make a stand on this issue and not be complicit in the Government's subterfuge is a shocking indictment of their failure to protect the industry.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Associated",
          "associated"
        ],
        [
          "participating",
          "participate"
        ],
        [
          "questionable",
          "questionable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "complicitous"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutawāṭiʔ",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "مُتَوَاطِئ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mušārik",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "مُشَارِك"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "medskyldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "meddelagtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "medsammensvoren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "medeplichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "kunkulpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "komplica"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "osallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "complice"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Komplize"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "beteiligt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "mitschuldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "mit unter einer Decke steckend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "mit drin steckend"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "komplica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "cúmplice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamešannyj",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "замешанный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "součastnik",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "соучастник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pričastnyj",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "причастный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "cómplice"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "delaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature",
      "word": "medskyldig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "complicit"
}