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con⋅niv⋅er⋅y

  [kuh-nahy-vuh-ree]
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–noun
the practice of conniving.
Origin:
connive + -ery
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con·nive   (kə-nīv')   
intr.v.   con·nived, con·niv·ing, con·nives

  1. To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.

  2. To scheme; plot.

  3. To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape.


[Latin cōnīvēre, connīvēre, to close the eyes.]
con·niv'er n., con·niv'er·y n.
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