connive
verb [I] /kəˈnaɪv/Definition
› to plan secretly and dishonestly for something to happen that will be to your advantage: Civil servants and ministers were accused of conniving with the company in the supply of arms to Sierra Leone. [+ to infinitive] They connived to break the school rules at every opportunity.Plotting and trappingPlanning, expecting and arrangingCheating and tricking › to allow something bad to happen although you know about it: She had murdered or connived at the murder of one of her lovers. He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.Allowing and permitting
(Definition of connive verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- admit of sth phrasal verb
- allow of sth phrasal verb
- allow verb (GIVE PERMISSION)
- allowable adjective
- authorization noun
- authorize verb
- concession noun (SOMETHING ALLOWED)
- go ahead phrasal verb
- imprimatur noun
- leave noun (PERMISSION)
- leave verb (GIVE RESPONSIBILITY)
- let sb/sth in phrasal verb
- let sb/sth out phrasal verb
- licence noun
- mandate verb (GIVE PERMISSION)
- OK noun
- sanction noun (APPROVAL)
- submit verb (ALLOW)
- unlicensed adjective
- valid adjective
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