Connivance Synonyms

kənīvəns
A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. collusion
  2. cabal
  3. conspiracy
  4. intrigue
  5. machination
  6. plot
  7. scheme
(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. secret approval
  2. tacit consent

Words Related to Connivance

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Connivance Sentence Examples

  • On his return Newton was waylaid and his papers seized, not without suspicion of Bruce's connivance.

  • But Ito felt that his knowledge of foreigners, if it was to be thorough, should be sought for in Europe, and with the connivance of Choshu he, in company with Inouye and three other young men of the same rank as himself, determined to risk their lives by committing the then capital offence of visiting a foreign country.

  • With the connivance of Cassius Herod had Malichus assassinated; but the country was in a state of anarchy, thanks to the extortions of Cassius and the encroachments of neighbouring powers.

  • When a strong Greek city threatens a weak one, and seeks to purchase Athenian connivance with the bribe of a border-town, Athens must remember that duty and prudence alike command her to respect the independence of all Greeks.

  • It was no secret that this action of the Arminians was taken with the approval and connivance of the advocate, who was what was styled a libertine, i.e.

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