connivance
pronunciation
How to pronounce connivance in British English:
UK [kəˈnaɪvəns]
How to pronounce connivance in American English:
US [kəˈnaɪvəns]
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- Noun:
- agreement on a secret plot
- (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
Word Origin
- connivance (n.)
- the main modern form of connivence (q.v.).
Synonym
feigning hearing light disregarding go fact glossing taking passing blind the blinking nothing ignorance being of over it letting pass making to ignoring
plotting coacting a party collaborating conspiring combining interfacing intriguing the being to cooperating interacting colluding take on
Example
- 1. His flight provoked some suspicions of chinese connivance , and raised questions about his motives .
- 2. Many survivors believe that is because they acted with the connivance ofgujarat 's state government .
- 3. But even poor supervision and control , rather than connivance with bribery , are bad enough .
- 4. It seems highly unlikely that the pakistani terrorists who attacked mumbai in november 2008 , for example , did so without some official connivance .
- 5. Few believe the riots could have taken place without the local administration 's connivance . But it is clear that other grievances are at play .