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To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.
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To scheme; plot.
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To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape.
(verb-intransitive)
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