connive

intr.v., -nived, -niv·ing, -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 cōnīvēre, connīvēre, to close the eyes.]

conniver con·niv'er n.
connivery con·niv'er·y n.

also connive at

verb

To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: collude, conspire, intrigue, machinate, plot, scheme. See crimes, planned/unplanned.

phrasal verb - connive at

To pretend not to see: blink (at), disregard, ignore, pass over, wink at. Idioms: be blind to, closeshutone's eyes to, look the other way, turn a blind eye to. See see/not see.

v

Definition: plot
Antonyms: be innocent of, have no part; expose

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IN BRIEF: To be blissfully ignorant; to be tolerant of wrong-doing.

Brenda was tempted to connive her way out of the argument with her mother.

Common misspelling(s) of connived

• conived

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - se igennem fingre med, lukke øjnene for, stå i hemmelig forbindelse med

idioms:

• connive at    lukke øjnene for

Nederlands (Dutch)
samenspannen, stilzwijgend toelaten

Français (French)
v. intr. - contribuer délibérément, être de mèche, comploter

idioms:

• connive at    contribuer délibérément à

Deutsch (German)
v. - etw. stillschweigend dulden

idioms:

• connive at    Nachtschicht Üben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προσποιούμαι άγνοια, ανέχομαι, κάνω στραβά μάτια, σκευωρώ, συνωμοτώ

idioms:

• connive at    κάνω τα στραβά μάτια σε, παραβλέπω

Italiano (Italian)
complottare, congiurare, cospirare, chiudere un occhio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - conspirar, consentir

idioms:

• connive at    ser conivente

Русский (Russian)
потворствовать, попустительствовать

idioms:

• connive at    быть в заговоре

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - hacer la vista gorda, tolerar culpablemente

idioms:

• connive at    evitar reportar algo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hemligt samarbeta med

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
假装不见, 纵容, 默许, 共谋

idioms:

• connive at    视而不见, 默许, 纵容

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 假裝不見, 縱容, 默許, 共謀

idioms:

• connive at    視而不見, 默許, 縱容

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 눈감아 주다, 공모하다

idioms:

• connive at    묵과하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 見て見ぬふりをする, 共謀する

idioms:

• connive at    大目に見る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تغاضى عن, تستر على ( سرقه مثلا)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮זמם, עשה קנוניה‬

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