connivance
2
9.9
- noun
- /kəˈnaɪvəns/
- Formal
:
connivencia
- However, the use of political pacts can sour relations between officials and citizens, as they can also mean collusion or connivance.
- official connivance
- connivance of states
Examples
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For example, the chairpersons, in connivance with a few village officials, assigned them large plots near the main road for a "fee."
Academic text (1998) -
Then as now, political correctness grew strong through the inward conformity and willing connivance of respected scholars.
Academic text (1994) -
That attack was not possible without the connivance of high officials in the police.
Academic text (2018) -
The secret Russian bases, complete with Russian tanks, had already been built on American soil with the connivance of the American government.
Fiction book (1998) -
Are we arming the rest of the world to destroy us with the connivance of our "fearless" leader?
Blog text (16) -
Cape officials were sensitive to African apprehensions of British connivance with the German colonizers.
Academic text (2006) -
Also, curiously enough, the female members of the hijacking cadre have been replaced, certainly with the connivance of the Sultan.
Fiction book (1990) -
Under the junta, Burma has become, with official connivance, the world's leading source of heroin and, with official neglect, the epicenter of a regional AIDS crisis.
Academic text (1998) -
The patient nurturing of better U.S.-Yemeni relations receives no attention, while the "escape," with likely connivance by local officials, of Al Qaeda suspects from a jail in Aden is front-page news.
Academic text (2003) -
The company's success was partly due to the connivance of officials who overlooked serious safety violations.
Synonyms
443
2.5
Working together with other people to reach a common goal
205
8.4
Secret deal by people or companies to cheat others
31
8.4
Taking part with others in a crime
1
7.7
People show silent approval by not objecting
A silent permission for someone to do something wrong
Antonyms
How Complicit
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Connivance comes from the Latin verb connivere, which meant 'to wink' or 'to close the eyes'. So connivance is like 'winking' at bad actions — a secret approval or quiet help for wrongdoing.