Complicity (noun)

Involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or crime.

Origin:

Late middle english (in the sense "partnership in an action, joint involvement"): from latin complicitas, from complicare "fold together" (see complicate).

Examples:

1. He was arrested for his complicity in the robbery.
2. She denied any complicity in the scheme to defraud investors.
3. The company was found guilty of complicity in the illegal dumping of toxic waste.
4. His silence indicated his complicity in the fraud.
5. The investigation revealed a web of financial and political complicity.