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connive

/kəˈnaɪv/

verb

Meaning

  • Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.

  • Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.

  • Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.

  • To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

Synonyms

dissimulate,
look the other way,
shut one's eyes,
turn a blind eye,
wink