| So, what we have is not a clash of civilizations but mutual complicity in proliferating mutual incomprehension. |
| Aristocratic progress is thus checked by the very body responsible for brutal repression, allowing Grandison to avoid complicity in violence. |
| But what makes the piece so powerful is that he performs it with a dangerous charm flashing smiles of complicity at the neutered hacks. |
| He laughed easily, inveigling those around him into the shared complicity of his humour. |
| His depiction of criminal complicity as an everyday affair is brave, if a bit problematic. |
| There is complicity on the part of police, lawyers, judges, customs officers and even politicians. |
