complicitous

/kəmˈplɪsɪtəs/
adjective
  1. Involved in or marked by complicity; participating in or aware of wrongdoing.
    • The complicitous silence of the board allowed the fraud to continue.
    • The film explores how ordinary people become complicitous in unjust systems.
    • Her complicitous nod signaled that she knew about the plan.
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