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Verb: connive  ku'nIv
  1. Encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
     
  2. Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
    - scheme, intrigue

Derived forms: connived, conniving, connives

See also: connivance

Type of: accede, acquiesce, assent, plot

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