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1
to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful
- the principal connived at all the school absences that were recorded on the day of the city's celebration of its Super Bowl victory
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2
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
- suspects that his coworkers are conniving to get him fired
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“Connive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connive. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of connive was in 1601
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