complicitous
adjective
com·plic·it·ous
kəm-ˈpli-sə-təs 
: complicit
was complicitous in the child-abuse scandals
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Your silence is acceptance, complicitous, and unacceptable.
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Gloria Neal, The Denver Post, 13 June 2020
Does our silence on these guys' patterns of wrongdoings become complicitous?
—Julia Kramer, Bon Appetit, 13 Dec. 2017
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Gloria Neal, The Denver Post, 13 June 2020
Does our silence on these guys' patterns of wrongdoings become complicitous?
—Julia Kramer, Bon Appetit, 13 Dec. 2017
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“Complicitous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complicitous. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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