as in conspiracy
a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose
was able to sneak out at night with the connivance of a camp counselor
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Recent Examples of connivance
In addition, senior executives could be held personally liable when offences involve their consent, connivance or neglect.
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Jamie Hailstone,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.
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Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
Of course, this was done with the connivance of politicians.
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Vera Bergengruen/buenos Aires,
TIME,
23 May 2024
Michael Hiltzik: How the GOP — with Democratic Party connivance — has undermined a crucial effort to avert the next pandemic.
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Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for connivance
Jamie Hailstone,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.
—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
Of course, this was done with the connivance of politicians.
—
Vera Bergengruen/buenos Aires,
TIME,
23 May 2024
Michael Hiltzik: How the GOP — with Democratic Party connivance — has undermined a crucial effort to avert the next pandemic.
—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for connivance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for connivance
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Former Lakers Malik Beasley and Ed Davis were charged with wire fraud conspiracy and bribery in sporting contests by federal prosecutors in a sweeping indictment that included four other co-conspirators.
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Political podcasters such as Tucker Carlson peddle conspiracies and lies, and there seems to be little consequence for hateful rhetoric.
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This kind of complicity is how cool is lost.
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The information, which Daniel was hired to protect but now wants to disclose, is footage providing conclusive evidence of the arrival of aliens on Earth, in 1947, and of a seventy-nine-year coverup, with government complicity, by a company called WARDEX, headed by Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth).
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The lawsuit accuses Kalibrate of facilitating cartel-like collusion.
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No one who has observed the Islamic Republic’s treatment of dissent over the past four decades will find the language about foreign collusion surprising.
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