Complicit

	Criminal law
	Part of the common law series
	Elements
	Actus reus · Mens rea; Causation · Concurrence
	Scope of Criminal Liability
	Complicity · Corporate · Vicarious
	Inchoate offenses
	Attempt · Conspiracy · Solicitation
	Crimes against people
	Assault · Battery; False imprisonment · Kidnapping; Mayhem · Sexual assault; Homicide Crimes; Murder · Felony murder; Manslaughter; Negligent homicide; Vehicular homicide
	Crimes against property
	Arson · Blackmail · Burglary; Embezzlement · Extortion; False pretenses · Larceny; Receiving stolen property; Robbery · Theft
	Crimes against justice
	Compounding · Misprision; Obstruction · Perjury; Malfeasance in office; Perverting the course of justice
	Defenses to Liability
	Defense of: (Self · Others · Property); Consent · Diminished capacity; Duress · Entrapment · Ignorance; Infancy · Insanity · Intoxication; Justification · Mistake (Fact · Law); Necessity · Provocation
	Other common law areas
	Contracts · Evidence · Property; Torts · Wills, trusts and estates
	Portals
	Criminal justice · Law
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For other uses, see Complicit (disambiguation).

An individual is complicit in a crime if he is aware of its occurrence, has the ability to report the crime, but fails to do so. As such the individual effectively allows criminals to carry out a crime despite easily being able to stop them, either directly or by contacting the authorities, thus making him a de-facto accessory to the crime rather than an innocent bystander.

Law relating to complicity varies. Usually complicity is not a crime although this sometimes conflicts with popular perception. (See The Finale (Seinfeld episode)). At a certain point a person that is complicit in a crime may become a conspirator depending on the degree of involvement by the individual and whether a crime was completed or not.