connive
11connive — con|nive [ kə naıv ] verb intransitive 1. ) to plan secretly, especially to do something that is illegal or immoral: connive (with someone) to do something: The officials allegedly connived to take public funds for personal use. 2. ) to ignore… …
12connive — verb (I) 1 to not try to stop something wrong from happening (+ at): He would not be the first politician to connive at a shady business deal. 2 connive to do sth to work together secretly to achieve something, especially something wrong;… …
13connive — intransitive verb (connived; conniving) Etymology: French or Latin; French conniver, from Latin conivēre, connivēre to close the eyes, connive, from com + nivēre (akin to nictare to wink); akin to Old English & Old High German hnīgan to bow Date …
14connive — conniver, n. connivingly, adv. /keuh nuyv /, v.i., connived, conniving. 1. to cooperate secretly; conspire (often fol. by with): They connived to take over the business. 2. to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn;… …
15connive — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [kuh NIVE] to conspire in a wrongdoing or at least look the other way. They connive to get what they want. SYN.: conspire, scheme, collude, plot, *be in cahoots with, look the other way, intrigue …
16connive at — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To pretend not to see: blink (at), disregard, ignore, pass over, wink at. Idioms: be blind to, close (or shut) one s eyes to, look the other way, turn a blind eye to. See SEE. II verb See connive …
17connive — [[t]kəna͟ɪv[/t]] connives, conniving, connived 1) V RECIP (disapproval) If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them. [V with n to inf] He accused ministers of… …
18connive at/in — secretly allow (a wrongdoing). → connive …
19connive — [kə nʌɪv] verb (connive at/in) secretly allow (a wrongdoing). ↘[often as adjective conniving] conspire to do something unlawful or harmful. Derivatives connivance noun conniver noun Origin C17 (earlier (C16) as connivance): from Fr. conniver or L …
20connive — /kəˈnaɪv / (say kuh nuyv) verb (i) (connived, conniving) 1. (sometimes followed by with) to cooperate secretly. –phrase 2. connive at, to avoid noticing (that which one should oppose or condemn but secretly approves); give aid to (wrongdoing, etc …
