connived
Secretly worked together
Connived is the past tense of connive, meaning to secretly cooperate in wrongdoing or to look the other way while it happens.
Someone who connives doesn't necessarily act but allows or enables: The guard connived at the prisoner's escape.
Connive can also mean to scheme or conspire: They connived to rig the election.
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
ploy · gambit · ruse · manipulation · deception · trickery · artifice · maneuvering
Crime's willing helper
- accessorySupplementary addition
- abettingHelping commit wrongdoing
- enablerOne who facilitates harmful behavior
- co-conspiratorPartner in wrongdoing
tacit · implicit · silent · passive · collusion · involvement · participation · facilitation
Concealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- stealthySecretly cautious in movement
secretive · hidden · undercover · cloak-and-dagger · behind closed doors · hush-hush · under the table · backroom
conspiracy
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
subterfuge · ploy · gambit · ruse · manipulation · deception · trickery · artifice · maneuvering · chicanery
accomplice
Crime's willing helper
- accessorySupplementary addition
- abettingHelping commit wrongdoing
- enablerOne who facilitates harmful behavior
co-conspirator · tacit · implicit · silent · passive · collusion · involvement · participation · facilitation · turning blind eye
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- furtiveSecretive and sly
stealthy · secretive · hidden · undercover · cloak-and-dagger · behind closed doors · hush-hush · under the table · backroom · shadowy
connivedopposed
Against something stated
resisted · prevented · thwarted · blocked · obstructed
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