The meaning of CONNIVE is to pretend ignorance of or fail to take action against something one ought to oppose. How to use connive in a sentence. Did you know?

CONNIVING definition: cooperating secretly, especially with harmful or evil intent; conspiring. See examples of conniving used in a sentence.

Someone conniving is calculating, scheming, and shrewd — in other words, sneaky and up to no good.

/ kəˈnɑɪ·vɪŋ / Add to word list planning secretly, esp. in doing something wrong: a cold, conniving man (Definition of conniving from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge …

Definition of conniving adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. behaving in a way that secretly hurts others or deliberately fails to prevent others from being hurt. He plays a …

Never underestimate the conniving ability of politicians to take advantage of a loophole.

To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape.

CONNIVING meaning: acting in a dishonest way using or controlling other people for selfish reasons

Officials were accused of conniving with the company in the supply of arms to Sierra Leone. [ + to infinitive ] They connived to break the school rules at every opportunity.

CONNIVE definition: to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed bywith ). See examples of connive used in a sentence.