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connivance |
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connivance [kəˈnaɪvəns] n 1. the act or fact of conniving 2. (Law) Law the tacit encouragement of or assent to another's wrongdoing, esp (formerly) of the petitioner in a divorce suit to the respondent's adultery connivance passive assistance, especially in wrongdoing. See also: Aid
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connivance noun collusion, intrigue, conspiring, complicity, abetting, tacit consent, abetment The crime had been carried out with police connivance. Translations connivance [kəˈnaɪvəns] N 1. (= tacit consent) → consentimiento m (at en) → connivencia f (frm) (at en) with the connivance of → con el consentimiento or (frm)la connivencia de 2. (= conspiracy) → connivencia f (frm), complicidad f connivance [kəˈnaɪvəns] n → connivence f with the connivance of sb → avec l'accord tacite de qn, avec la connivence de qn connivance n (= tacit consent) → stillschweigendes Einverständnis; (= dishonest dealing) → Schiebung f; his connivance at the wrongdoing → seine Mitwisserschaft bei dem Vergehen; to do something in connivance with somebody → etw mit jds Wissen tun; to be in connivance with somebody → mit jdm gemeinsame Sache machen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"No," said Monk, in order to discover if there were not any connivance between the Comte de la Fere and the fisherman. Phidias was supposed to have stolen some public gold, with the connivance of Pericles, for the embellishment of the statue of Minerva. "And inasmuch," continued the judge, "as it is not proved that the act was not done by the connivance of the master with the servant, and as the master in any case must be held responsible for the acts of his paid servant, I condemn Phileas Fogg to a week's imprisonment and a fine of one hundred and fifty pounds. |
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