Translations for „conniving“ in the English » German Dictionary

con·niv·ing [kəˈnaɪvɪŋ] ADJ

conniving (malicious)

boshaft

conniving (underhanded)

hinterhältig

conniving (underhanded)

tückisch

conniving bastard pej

hinterhältiger Schuft pej

con·nive [kəˈnaɪv] VB intr

1. connive (conspire):

to connive with sb

sich acc mit jdm verschwören

to connive with sb

mit jdm gemeinsame Sache machen

2. connive (condone):

to connive at sth

etw [stillschweigend] dulden

to connive at sth

vor etw dat die Augen verschließen

to connive at a crime

einem Verbrechen Vorschub leisten

to connive in doing sth

sich acc verschwören, etw zu tun

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

conniving bastard pej

hinterhältiger Schuft pej

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His character is depicted as a bit of a buffoon with a conniving, greedy personality who is disliked by many of the town's residents.

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Despite her conniving and vindictive nature, she often displays tender and genuine compassion toward family and loved one.

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She is conniving, wicked, and tries her best to keep her son away from all things good and warm.

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At last, her life of conniving and desperation seems to be over.

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The character has been described as conniving and scheming.

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Clear-cutting is sometimes covered-up by conniving officials who report fictitious forest fires.

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The males are generally thuggish, conniving brutes, and the females are usually lecherous, scheming vamps.

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Soon he finds himself being one of the legal profession's biggest tort lawyers and conniving with other high-powered tort lawyers.

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At heart, however, she is conniving and selfish.

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This was a radical departure from any role she had played before, casting her as a devious, manipulative, conniving and completely unscrupulous femme fatale.

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