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1. The practice of planning secretly to do something, usually something wrong or illegal.
2. The pretense of not knowing about or doing nothing to stop a wrongful or illegal act; thus, showing encouragement of or consent to the act: "Connivery is usually a procedure done by con men, shady business moguls, and by manipulative social climbers."
2. The pretense of not knowing about or doing nothing to stop a wrongful or illegal act; thus, showing encouragement of or consent to the act: "Connivery is usually a procedure done by con men, shady business moguls, and by manipulative social climbers."
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conniv-, coniv- +
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