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   con·nive

   /kəˈnīv/

   verb

   • 1. secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur: "you have it in your power to connive at my escape" Similar deliberately ignoreoverlooknot take into considerationdisregardpass overgloss overtake no notice oftake no account ofmake allowances forturn a blind eye toclose/shut one's eyes towink atblink atexcusepardonforgivecondonelet someone off withlet golet passlook the other wayinformal:let something rideOpposite condemnpunish
   • ▪ conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful: "they connived with bank officials to launder money" Similar conspirecolludebe in collusioncollaborateintriguebe hand in gloveplotparticipate in a conspiracyschemeinformal:be in cahootsrare:machinatecabalcomplot

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French conniver or Latin connivere ‘shut the eyes (to)’, from con- ‘together’ + an unrecorded word related to nictare ‘to wink’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. conniver noun

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