Definition of "connives" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of connive. (verb)

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• "But if the legitimate authority "connives" or "refuses to perform his duty then let each private citizen bestir himself with all his power to defend the lawful constitution of his country to whom after God he owes his entire existence.""
• "I see him now as a man who schemes and connives, and I take pity on him."
• "Gianni Schicchi, a peasant, connives at making a fraudulent will for an aristocratic family, and defrauds them in turn."