connives
Secretly aids wrongdoing
Connives means to secretly cooperate in wrongdoing or to turn a blind eye to it.
Someone who connives with others conspires toward a shared improper goal: They connived to fix the election.
To connive at something is to pretend not to notice it, tacitly allowing misconduct: The guards connived at the smuggling operation.
The word implies scheming, willful blindness, or both.
Storyline or land parcel
- colludeSecretly cooperate to deceive
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinatePlot craftily, secretly
collaborate · abet · cooperate · complicity · cabal · confederate · league · concert
Refuses to acknowledge
- toleratesPermits without approval
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- allowsGrants permission for
- winksDeliberate one-eye closures
condones · disregards · acquiesces · turns a blind eye · enables · sanctions · abets · facilitates
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- colludeSecretly cooperate to deceive
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
machinate · collaborate · abet · cooperate · complicity · cabal · confederate · league · concert · hatch
ignores
Refuses to acknowledge
winks · condones · disregards · acquiesces · turns a blind eye · enables · sanctions · abets · facilitates · looks away
connivesexposes
Makes visible or known
reports · blows the whistle · reveals · denounces · prevents
connivesdiscloses
Makes previously hidden information public
reveals · announces · publicizes · declares
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