complicit
In on it
Complicit means involved in wrongdoing, typically by knowing about it and failing to prevent or report it.
The word implies shared guilt without necessarily being the primary actor: The bank was complicit in the money laundering scheme.
Someone complicit may have actively participated or simply looked the other way: Her silence made her complicit.
Joint schemer
- abettorOne who assists wrongdoing
- accessorySupplementary addition
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
- confederateAllied partner in schemes
partner-in-crime · enabler · participant · cooperator · associate · cohort · henchman · insider
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- faultImperfection or blame
liable · implicated · tainted · stained · compromised · guilty · answerable · indictable
Willful blindness to wrongdoing
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
bribery · kickback · fraud · misconduct · underhanded · clandestine · covert · secretive
One who observes nearby
- witnessOne who attests
- inactionDeliberate nonmovement
- passiveNot actively participating
- enablingMaking something feasible
allowing · tolerating · condoning · acquiescence · tacit · unspoken · covering · protecting
coconspirator
Joint schemer
- abettorOne who assists wrongdoing
- accessorySupplementary addition
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
confederate · partner-in-crime · enabler · participant · cooperator · associate · cohort · henchman · insider · implicated
culpability
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
fault · liable · implicated · tainted · stained · compromised · guilty · answerable · indictable · chargeable
connivance
Willful blindness to wrongdoing
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
corruption · bribery · kickback · fraud · misconduct · underhanded · clandestine · covert · secretive · backroom
bystander
One who observes nearby
enabling · allowing · tolerating · condoning · acquiescence · tacit · unspoken · covering · protecting · shielding
- criminal traitsconvicted, guilty, accused, arrested, wanted
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
complicitinnocent
Free from moral wrong
blameless · guiltless · uninvolved · clear · clean-handed
complicitopposed
Against something stated
resistant · whistleblowing · defiant · dissenting · protesting
accomplice, complicate, complicity, accomplices, complicitous