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connive

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con·nive  (k-nv)
intr.v. con·nived, con·niv·ing, con·nives
1. To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.
2. To scheme; plot.
3. To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape.

[Latin cnvre, connvre, to close the eyes.]

con·niver n.
con·niver·y n.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.connive - encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
acquiesce, assent, accede - to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
2.connive - form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
plot - plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government"

connive
Translations
Spanish connive [kəˈnaɪv] vi to connive at → hacer la vista gorda a
French connive [kəˈnaɪv] vi to connive at → se faire le complice de
German connive [kəˈnaɪv] vi to connive at → stillschweigend dulden
Italian connive [kəˈnaɪv] vi to connive at → essere connivente in

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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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