Connivance definition

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

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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The act of conniving.
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(law) Cooperation in the commission of an illegal or wrongful act.
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The act of conniving.
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Passive cooperation, as by consent or pretended ignorance, esp. in wrongdoing.
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The assent to, encouragement of, or promotion of another’s wrongdoing by silence or feigned ignorance. See also conspiracy. To be in collusion with another person. See also conspiracy. In family law, the consent by one spouse of the other spouse’s improper conduct (such as adultery), either in advance of the conduct or while it is occurring, when that wrongful conduct is a potential ground for divorce.
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The process of conniving.
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Other Word Forms

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Singular:
connivance
Plural:
connivances

Connivance Sentence Examples

  • On his return Newton was waylaid and his papers seized, not without suspicion of Bruce's connivance.

  • But Ito felt that his knowledge of foreigners, if it was to be thorough, should be sought for in Europe, and with the connivance of Choshu he, in company with Inouye and three other young men of the same rank as himself, determined to risk their lives by committing the then capital offence of visiting a foreign country.

  • With the connivance of Cassius Herod had Malichus assassinated; but the country was in a state of anarchy, thanks to the extortions of Cassius and the encroachments of neighbouring powers.

  • When a strong Greek city threatens a weak one, and seeks to purchase Athenian connivance with the bribe of a border-town, Athens must remember that duty and prudence alike command her to respect the independence of all Greeks.

  • It was no secret that this action of the Arminians was taken with the approval and connivance of the advocate, who was what was styled a libertine, i.e.

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