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συνωμοτώ — meaning in English

synomoto

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English meaning

  • collude verb to act in concert with; to conspire.
  • connive verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
  • conspire verb To plan something harmful or illegal secretly with others.
  • scheme noun A plan for how to do something, especially an organized or official one.

Senses

συνωμοτώ is used for these senses in English:

  • collude (intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire
  • connive (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]
  • conspire (intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
  • scheme (transitive) To plan; to contrive; to manuever.

connive — full definition

  1. verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
  2. verb Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
  3. verb Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
  4. verb To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

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