CONNIVED Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

connived

verb

past tense of connive

as in winked

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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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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The Baronessa winked and stated that the princess was an inspiration to others.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Ten hours later, its transponder winked back into life due north of Abu Dhabi, heading for Bahrain.

— Priyanjana Bengani, Bloomberg, 7 Mar. 2026

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The plane was designed to function at limited altitudes, and the pilot plotted an appropriate course.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department claims Zhang was working as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government from June 2025 to September 2025, and plotted her surveillance mission with Beijing officials during a trip to China in June 2025.

— Josh Boswell, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

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The shame lies with the governments who ignored the AIDS crisis and the stigma that was around people and the innate prejudice that was in society.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
It is enabled by a culture where consent and accountability are ignored.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

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The company discovered in July that rogue AI agents had schemed in secret to break out of the virtual sandbox created to contain them, infiltrating the open internet and hacking a private company.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
His second was a 55-yarder on a fourth-and-7 play that was schemed on the sideline and then executed to perfection less than two minutes into the second half.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

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