connivance
noun
- the act of conniving
- passive cooperation, as by consent or pretended ignorance, esp. in wrongdoing
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also con·niv·ence (kə-nīˈvəns)
noun- The act of conniving.
- Law Knowledge of and tacit consent to the commission of an illegal act by another.
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