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• Complicit absolution — is an offense in Roman Catholic Canon law consisting of the absolution of a party complicit with the absolving priest in an offense. Because it constitutes the abuse of a sacrament, it is held to be sacrilege. A notable case in recent times was… …   Wikipedia

• Complicit (play) — Complicit is a play by American playwright Joe Sutton premièred at The Old Vic Theater in London on 7 January 2009.[1][2] The cast of Richard Dreyfuss (Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ben Kritzer), Elizabeth McGovern (his wife Judith) and David …   Wikipedia

• complicit — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ involved with others in an unlawful activity …   English terms dictionary

• complicit — [[t]kəmplɪ̱sɪt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ in n If someone is complicit in a crime or unfair activity, they are involved in it. [JOURNALISM] He did not witness her execution, yet he and the others are complicit in her death... A mother who does not… …   English dictionary

• complicit — adjective involved in or knowing about a situation, especially one that is morally wrong or dishonest: They exchanged complicit smiles. | complicit in sth: The careers of the officers complicit in the cover up were ruined …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Complicit — An individual is complicit in a crime if they are aware of its occurrence, have the ability to report the crime, but fail to do so. As such the individual effectively allows the criminals to carry out a crime despite easily being able to stop… …   Wikipedia

• complicit — com·plic·it (kəm plĭsʹĭt) adj. Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime; having complicity: newspapers complicit with the propaganda arm of a dictatorship.   [Back formation from complicity.] * * * …   Universalium

• complicit — adjective /kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/ Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature. It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit, guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues, Syn:… …   Wiktionary

• complicit — com|plic|it [ kəm plısıt ] adjective involved in or knowing about something bad that happens: The government itself may have been complicit in the violence …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• complicit — [kəm plɪsɪt] adjective involved with others in an unlawful activity: the minister was not complicit in the corruption …   English new terms dictionary

• complicit — UK [kəmˈplɪsɪt] / US adjective involved in or knowing about something bad that happens The government itself may have been complicit in the violence …   English dictionary