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connived

Variant of connive

intransitive verb connived, conniving

  1. to pretend not to see or look (at something wrong or evil), thus giving tacit consent or cooperation; feign ignorance of another's wrongdoing
    1. to cooperate secretly (with someone), esp. in wrongdoing; conspire
    2. to scheme in an underhanded way

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