Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- same as
connivent , 2.
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- verb Present participle of
connive . - adjective That connives;
conspiratorial
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
- adjective used of persons
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Examples
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Zeno of Verona, still later, reproves the apathy of the Christian proprietors in conniving at this abuse.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Cut to Tenacity, where Maria dares to have an opinion and is called conniving and twitchy by Holly's loyal hench-angel.
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Cut to Tenacity, where Maria dares to have an opinion and is called conniving and twitchy by Holly's loyal hench-angel.
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Cut to Tenacity, where Maria dares to have an opinion and is called conniving and twitchy by Holly's loyal hench-angel.
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You have to call conniving, manipulative, evil women
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You have to call conniving, manipulative, evil women * something*.
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Chevron and Exxon-Mobil whom they accuse of "conniving" with the government to "loot" the riches in question.
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Pan Africanist Congress leader Mr Clarence Makwetu accused the IEC of inefficiency and "conniving" to rig the elections.
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Addressing the Press afterwards he made a scathing attack on the IEC, accusing it of "conniving" to rig the elections.
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Commission was "conniving" in electoral fraud by allowing ANC members to wear uniforms at polling stations.
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