connive

🇬🇧 UK/kә'naiv/🇺🇸 US

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Definitions

v.

To secretly cooperate in wrongdoing; to deliberately overlook or ignore a fault or crime.

共谋，勾结；默许，纵容

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived

contogether, with

+

niveroot

=connive

Common Collocations

1.connive with与...共谋
2.connive at对...视而不见

Example Sentences

1.
The two officials conspired and connived to embezzle public funds.

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