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The definition of connivance is knowledge of and agreement with an illegal act without participation.

(noun)

When two people come up with a plot to fix a bid for government services and the person who is in charge of awarding the project knows this and looks the other way, this is an example of connivance

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noun

the act of conniving
passive cooperation, as by consent or pretended ignorance, esp. in wrongdoing

Origin: Fr connivence < L coniventia, < prp. of conivere: see connive

See connivance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also con·niv·ence

noun

The act of conniving.
Law Knowledge of and tacit consent to the commission of an illegal act by another.

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