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connive [kəˈnaɪv] VB intr

1. connive (plan secretly):

to connive with sb

działać w zmowie z kimś

2. connive (ignore):

to connive at sth

przymykać [perf przymknąć] oczy na coś

Usage examples with connive

to connive with sb

działać w zmowie z kimś

to connive at sth

przymykać [perf przymknąć] oczy na coś

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English

He's also notorious for being idle, greedy, incompetent, conniving, dimwitted, dastardly and chatty. en.wikipedia.org

Both, in his mind, contained ignorant, conniving preachers who exploited their listeners for personal gain. en.wikipedia.org

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

He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years, while a bureaucrat who connived in the operation was sentenced for one year. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

He is mildly troubled that his firm expends considerable effort conniving to avoid paying its legitimate taxes. en.wikipedia.org

The security chief then connives to have the ex-priest hear the condemned priest's confession. en.wikipedia.org

The other is the childish raven, always selfish, sly, conniving, and hungry. en.wikipedia.org

He was a lying, conniving, covering up peacemaker. en.wikipedia.org

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