Meaning Of The Word Connive

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connive
verb: If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them.
verb: If you say that someone connives at something or connives in something, you are critical of them because they allow or help it to happen even though they know that it is wrong and that they ought to prevent it.

connive in American English
to pretend not to see or look (at something wrong or evil), thus giving tacit consent or cooperation; feign ignorance of another's wrongdoing
intransitive verb: to cooperate secretly; conspire

connive in British English
to plot together, esp secretly; conspire

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