"Complicity" refers to being involved in or participating in a wrongful act or crime. It means being connected to or sharing responsibility for another person's actions, especially when those actions are harmful or illegal. Full definition
Critics say the move would prevent allegations of complicity in torture or rendition by the British intelligence agencies ever reaching the public. (politics.co.uk)
Lamarche notes that there have been serious allegations made against Canadian companies, including independent findings of complicity of violence on civilians in the vicinity of capital projects. (slaw.ca)
A prominent screenwriter, on hearing my story about working inside the USGCRP under Bush, told me he thought the most interesting angle was how a whole town full of experienced and knowing federal professionals could fall silent in complicity with such egregious misrule — and this was not just a reference to climate science, it was across the board. (climatesciencewatch.org)