connivance
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noun \kə-ˈnī-vən(t)s\Definition of CONNIVANCE
: the act of conniving; especially : knowledge of and active or passive consent to wrongdoing
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- <was able to sneak out at night with the connivance of a camp counselor>
First Known Use of CONNIVANCE
1593
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- complicity, collusion, conspiracy
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