connive
- IPA[kəˈnʌɪv]
英式
- secretly allow (something immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur;conspire to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful
verb: connive, 3rd person present: connives, gerund or present participle: conniving, past tense: connived, past participle: connived
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. secretly allow (something immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur I did not connive in the production of these documents 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ conspire to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful they connived with bank officials to launder money 同義詞
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- IPA[kəˈnīv]
美式
- secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur: you have it in your power to connive at my escape
Oxford American Dictionary