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connive
This term carries a heavy connotation of deceit and moral failure. It describes a clandestine agreement where the participants are not merely cooperating, but are actively engaging in a betrayal of trust or a violation of the law. The atmosphere associated with this word is one of shadows, whispers, and calculated dishonesty.
There is a subtle but important distinction between its two primary uses. When used intransitively, it emphasizes the act of plotting a crime. When used transitively, it describes a passive form of complicity where someone in a position of authority deliberately ignores a crime, making them an accomplice through their silence or inaction.
Meanings
Examples
The two executives connived to embezzle funds from the pension plan.
I suspect the guards connived with the prisoners to facilitate the escape.
They connived at the theft of the royal seal while the king slept.
The manager connived at the employees' timecard fraud to keep productivity numbers high.
Stop trying to connive with your classmates to cheat on the final exam.
He wondered if the judge had connived to let the defendant go free.
The council members connived to push the legislation through without a public vote.
She realized her partner had connived with her rival to sabotage the project.