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    con·niv·ing
    [kəˈnīviNG]
    adjective
    conniving (adjective)
    1. given to or involved in conspiring to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful:
      "a heartless and conniving woman"
    con·nive
    [kəˈnīv]
    verb
    conniving (present participle)
    1. secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur:
      "you have it in your power to connive at my escape"
      • (connive to do something)
        conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful:
        "they connived with bank officials to launder money"
    Origin
    early 17th century: from French conniver or Latin connivere ‘shut the eyes (to)’, from con- ‘together’ + an unrecorded word related to nictare ‘to wink’.
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    verb
    1. secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur:
      deliberately ignore
      not take into consideration
      take no notice of
      take no account of
      turn a blind eye to
      close/shut one's eyes to
      wink at
      blink at
      let someone off with
      let go
      let pass
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