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
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.
—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
But the one commonality is the halo of protection or connivance or collaboration around these characters.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
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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
But the one commonality is the halo of protection or connivance or collaboration around these characters.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for connivance
Noun
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In the show, Lower, 40, plays Helly Riggs/Helena Eagan, who tries to uncover the company's web of conspiracies with her coworkers.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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In their charging documents, prosecutors allege Maduro, his wife and his son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, engaged in a cocaine-trafficking conspiracy and partnered with cartels designated as terrorist groups.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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By the mid-level bureaucrat who finally decides the cost of complicity is too high.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
11 Jan. 2026
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Veiel, conducting a forensic examination of Riefenstahl’s archives and other sources, picks apart the myth the filmmaker propagated after World War II that absolved herself of any complicity in Nazi atrocities.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
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Among the issues raised in the petition are allegations of juror misconduct, collusion between victims' attorneys and the government, and violations of due process rights.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
18 Dec. 2025
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Once enacted, the legislation will require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress over the next five years a detailed assessment of the scale and nature of criminal collusion in Haiti.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Connivance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connivance. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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