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the crime of standing close enough to guilt that it rubs off on you.
means knowingly helping or allowing wrongdoing, even by doing nothing to stop it.
from from latin complicare, to fold together — the same root as complicated, because guilt shared is guilt tangled.
legal thresholdknowledge plus assistance, intent not always required
silence countsfailing to report can qualify as complicity
same rootcomplicated shares its latin ancestor, complicare