Connive - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kəˈnaɪv|
Brit.
|kəˈnaɪv|
verb
- encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner (syn: intrigue, scheme)
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner (syn: intrigue, scheme)
Extra examples
...the principal connived at all the school absences that were recorded on the day of the city's celebration of its Super Bowl victory...
...suspects that his coworkers are conniving to get him fired...
The thieves paid the servants to connive at the robbery.
They connived with each other to cheat her.
He would not be the first politician to connive at a shady business deal.
Then do you connive at her escape?
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: connive
he/she/it: connives
present participle: conniving
past tense: connived
past participle: connived
I/you/we/they: connive
he/she/it: connives
present participle: conniving
past tense: connived
past participle: connived
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