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Verb: connive  ku'nIv
  1. Encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
    "The corrupt official connived with the smugglers to bypass customs"
     
  2. Plot something harmful; scheme in an underhand manner
    "They connived to embezzle company funds";
    - scheme, intrigue

Derived forms: connives, conniving, connived

Type of: accede, acquiesce, assent, plot