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verb-intransitive. To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.

verb-intransitive. To scheme; plot.

verb-intransitive. 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.

v. to cooperate with others secretly in order to commit a crime; to collude

v. to plot or scheme

v. to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame

v. to be a wench

verb-intransitive. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

verb-intransitive. To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at.

v. To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.

To wink.

Hence To wink, or refrain from looking, in a figurative sense, as at a culpable person or act; give aid or encouragement by silence or forbearance; conceal knowledge of a fault or wrong: followed by at (formerly sometimes with on).

To be in secret complicity; have a furtive or clandestine understanding: followed by with: as, to connive with one in a wrongful act.

To waive objection; act as if satisfied; acquiesce: used absolutely.

To tamper: followed by with.

To shut one's eyes to; wink at; tacitly permit.

In biology, to be connivent.

v. encourage or assent to illegally or criminally

v. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

"Not sure what you mean by 'connive' as we have not been in government when these decisions were taken."

connived    connives    conniving   

acquiesce    accede    assent    plot   

connived    conniving   

wink    overlook   

Clive    Dr    Dr.    alive    arrive    clyve    contrive    deprive    derive    dive   

told    myoriginal    up-stage    refus    stay    unenforceable    yeeld    upbraid    callest    non-eternal