BusinessAugust 22, 2026

complicity

kum-PLIS-uh-tee

Definition

The act of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing.

Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'complex,' meaning 'allied in a plot.' It entered English to describe the state of being an accomplice in a crime.

In the news

The article describes the 'active complicity' of the copper miners union apparatus in the policies that led to the El Teniente mine disaster. This highlights how union leadership participated in the systemic failures rather than defending the workers.

How Chile’s “progressive” government and union bureaucracy covered up the El Teniente disaster

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