different between collude vs complicit

English

Etymology

• From Latin colludere, from con- and ludere (“to play”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?d

Verb

collude (third-person singular simple present colludes, present participle colluding, simple past and past participle colluded)

1. (intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

Synonyms

• to be in cahoots
• conspire
• plot
• scheme

Related terms

• collusion

Translations

Anagrams

• loculed

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Verb

collude

1. (transitive) third-person singular present indicative of colludere

Latin

Verb

coll?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of coll?d?

English

Etymology

Back-formation from complicity, most likely, which from French complicité, from complice (“partner, accomplice”), from Latin complex, complicem (“partner”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k?m?pl?s.?t/
• Rhymes: -?s?t

Adjective

complicit (comparative more complicit, superlative most complicit)

1. Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
   • 1973, Angus Wilson, As If by Magic, Secker and Warburg, p. 177:

     "I confess," and the Englishman turned with a near complicit grin to Hamo, "I have certain vulgar tastes myself."

   • 2005, Larry Dennsion, "Letters," Time, 7 March:

     Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb.

Synonyms

• complicitous

Derived terms

• complicitly

Related terms

• complicity

Translations

References

• “complicit” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.