party to
Complicit in something
To be party to something is to be involved in or have a role in it, especially an agreement, contract, or action.
Often carries a sense of shared responsibility or complicity: She refused to be party to the deception.
In legal contexts, the parties to a contract or lawsuit are those bound by or participating in it.
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- accompliceCrime's willing helper
- in cahootsSecretly cooperating dishonestly
- privyOutdoor toilet; informed
- in the knowPossessing privileged information
obligee · coalition · stakeholder · signatory · co-defendant · knowledgeable · collaborator · silent partner · collusion · behind closed doors · guarantor · beneficiary · joint venture · enabler · instigator · syndicate · contributor · attendee
party toinnocent bystander
Uninvolved person harmed incidentally
uninvolved · blameless · innocent · outside of · kept in the dark
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