connive
verb (used without object)
to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed bywith ).
have connived
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present perfectof connive.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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The inquiry panel expressed shock that a minister would have connived in the sending of anonymous emails to his own permanent secretary.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2018
Would the British state, in these circumstances, have connived in straightforward extrajudicial killing?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2018
Van Hong Lu loudly denied that she could have connived in the hoax.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the grandfather, so far from forbidding the marriage, seems to have connived at it and sanctioned it.
From The King's Cup-Bearer by Mrs. O. F. Walton
I say again, sir," began Devers, "that you have deliberately sought to deride my authority and have connived at the disobedience of my orders.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
