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connive verb

  /kəˈnaɪv/
  • (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]
 conspirer, intriguer
  • (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
 feindre l'ignorance

connivance noun

  /kəˈnaɪvəns/
  • (law) The process of conniving or conspiring.
 connivence

conniving adjective

  /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/
  • That connives; conspiratorial. [from 1780s]
 insidieuse
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