connives

present tense third-person singular of connive
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as in winks
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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  • But when the lights go off and consciousness winks out, another, deeper process goes to work.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Loktev’s film chronicles the Russian government’s systematic crackdown on journalists in late 2021 and early 2022 as Vladimir Putin plots his invasion of Ukraine.
    Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Harper is a surfer who plays by her own rules and even plots to break up her mother from her current fiancé.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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  • But Beijing’s strategy ignores a crucial fact about the Dalai Lama’s role in the Tibetan freedom struggle.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Not to mention this ruling ignores the fact that this land has already been developed for a decade.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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  • Matthew quickly schemes his way into Oliver’s orbit after that first performance, impressing and rankling the group of lackeys in his entourage at the same time.
    Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Connives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connives. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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