connive
verb (used without object)
to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed bywith ).
has connived
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present perfectof connive (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For Jeremy Paxman, though, it is an art form that has "connived at its own irrelevance", as he believes that poets today have stopped talking to the public and are only addressing each other.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2014
It is she who has connived with her ambitious lover to see a real crown encircle her own brow.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various
When you rush away to wait on some customer yourself because that customer has connived with you for some special cut rates, you may not intend it, but you are dishonest.
From Analyzing Character by Katherine M. H. Blackford
And in the American field Sir Joseph has connived with a syndicate to purchase factories, to stop production at the source, since your U-boats and your red-handed diplomatic spies cannot stop it otherwise.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh
For she is the child of the brother at whose death the Bishop has connived, and whose wealth he is enjoying.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
