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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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    adjective
    1. given to or involved in conspiring to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful:
      scheming
      plotting
      colluding
      cunning
      crafty
      calculating
      devious
      designing
      wily
      sly
      tricky
      artful
      guileful
      slippery
      slick
      manipulative
      Machiavellian
      unscrupulous
      unprincipled
      disingenuous
      duplicitous
      deceitful
      underhand
      treacherous
      Janus-faced
      foxy
      slim
      subtle
    verb
    1. secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur:
      overlook
      disregard
      pass over
      gloss over
      make allowances for
      excuse
      pardon
      forgive
      condone
      look the other way
      let something ride
      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
      Opposite:
      condemn
      punish
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