connive
verb (used without object)
to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed bywith ).
are conniving
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present progressiveof connive.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The sounds are primal and ethereal; rooted in nature yet otherworldly, as if banshees are conniving with angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
“The police are conniving with the accused,” Saraa said.
From Time ● Aug. 10, 2015
I'm not implying that most doctors knowingly are conniving extortionists.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon
Meanwhile people are fearing greater disturbances; the magistrates are conniving, for the local priests are in ill repute, and it is being reported that the artisans are allying themselves with the student-body.
From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau
In other words," put in Maas, "you are conniving at the escape of a Russian convict from Saghalien.
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Guy Boothby
