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I heard they were conniving to do business in this district, but I haven't insulted you by paying any attention to rumors.

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman

He believed the fort's officers were conniving with the revolt.

From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

If I had accepted Cecilia’s hand, and treated her as a friend, I should have felt as though I were conniving at an insult to my father.

From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah

Yet they all probably felt the same curiosity about what was going forward, for it was plain that Mr. Wilmington and Colonel Marvin were conniving at the same point.

From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by Howells, William Dean

Many influential Greeks were conniving at the act of brigandage, and matters were at this time in a very disturbed condition in high quarters.—E.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund