connive
2 synonyms and 4 antonyms for connive, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To work together with others in secret to do something wrong.
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1. verb
To work together with others in secret to do something wrong.
““I don't know how I would have gotten through this without you.” “Oh, the feeling is mutual. I've always schemed and connived alone. But as a duo, it is, as you might say, "totes ridic!"” “(gasps) I would say that.””
2. verb
To deliberately ignore something wrong so as to avoid being blamed for it.
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Etymology
From French conniver (“to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing”), or directly from its etymon Latin con(n)īvēre (“close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; overlook, turn a blind eye, connive”) (perhaps alluding to two persons involved in a scheme together winking to each other), from con- (prefix indicating a...
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