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
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
I'm not implying that most doctors knowingly are conniving extortionists.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon
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
