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connive Verb [-niving, -nived] 1. connive at to allow or encourage (wrongdoing) by ignoring it 2. to conspire [Latin connivere to blink, hence, leave uncensured]
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connive Translations v connive [kəˈnaiv] (withat) to make no attempt to hinder (something wrong or illegal) Her mother connived at the child's truancy. konkel, oogluikend toelaat, deur die vingers sien, die oë sluit vir, 'n geheime verstandhouding veroorloof يَتَغاضي عَن، يَتَواطَأ سِرّاً مع затварям си очите přimhouřit oko nad være medvidende om; lukke øjnene for stillschweigend dulden προσποιούμαι άγνοια, κάνω τα στραβά μάτια hacer la vista gorda läbi sõrmede vaatama نادیده انگاشتن ummistaa silmänsä joltakin fermer les yeux sur לְהַעֲלִים עָיִן किसी के साथ मिलकर अवैध कार्य करना ne htjeti vidjeti, tolerirati szemet huny vmi felett membiarkan hylma yfir chiudere gli occhi 見て見ぬふりをする 묵인하다 nuolaidžiauti, pro pirštus žiūrėti iecietīgi izturēties; skatīties caur pirkstiem biar oogluikend toelaten lukke øynene for, se gjennom fingrene med, la gå upåtalt hen patrzeć przez palce, pobłażać ser cúmplice a închide ochii la попустительствовать zavrieť oči (nad) zatisniti oči (pred) zažmuriti na se genom fingrarna med, blunda för มองข้ามความผิดพลาด göz yummak, suç ortaklığı yapmak 縱容,默許 потурати; дивитися крізь пальці نظر انداز كرنا، چشم پوشی كرنا đồng lõa 纵容,默许 n conˈnivance oogluiking, oogluikende toelating تَغاضٍ عَن، تَسَتُّر عَلى мълчаливо съгласие shovívavost, němý souhlas medvidenhed stillschweigende Duldung ανοχή complicidad, connivencia läbi sõrmede vaatamine نادیده انگاری sormien läpi katsominen connivence הַעֲלָמַת עין किसी के साथ मिलकर अवैध रूप से किया गया कार्य prešutno odobravanje szemethunyás kerjasama hylming connivenza 見のがし 묵인 nuolaidžiavimas iecietīga izturēšanās (nevietā) membiarkan het oogluikend toelaten det å lukke øynene for/se gjennom fingrene med/la gå upåtalt hen pobłażanie cumplicidade complicitate попустительство tichý súhlas popustljivost prećutni pristanak tyst medgivande การมองข้ามความผิดพลาด göz yumma, suç ortaklığı (etme) 默許,縱容 потурання; попускання چشم پوشی đồng lõa 默许,纵容 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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| why do you thus so cruelly connive at the projected Misery of her and of yourself by delaying to communicate that scheme which had doubtless long possessed your imagination? Thou must connive at her escape, Malvoisin, and I will transport her to some place of greater security and secrecy. Job Trotter briefly explained here, that all persons, being prohibited under heavy penalties from conveying spirits into debtors' prisons, and such commodities being highly prized by the ladies and gentlemen confined therein, it had occurred to some speculative turnkey to connive, for certain lucrative considerations, at two or three prisoners retailing the favourite article of gin, for their own profit and advantage. |
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