connive
US: /kəˈnaɪv/
UK: /kənˈaɪv/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
connive /kə'naiv/- tính từ
- (sinh vật học) thông đồng, đồng loã
- to connive at a crime: đồng loã trong một tội ác
- nhắm mắt làm ngơ, lờ đi; bao che ngầm
- to connive at an abuse: nhắm mắt làm ngơ trước một sự lạm dụng
- (sinh vật học) thông đồng, đồng loã
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [V] (disapproving)1 ~ at / in sth to seem to allow sth wrong to happen: She knew that if she said nothing she would be conniving in an injustice.
2 ~ (with sb) (to do sth) to work together with sb to do sth wrong or illegal
Synonym: CONSPIRE
The government was accused of having connived with the security forces to permit murder.
Concise dictionary
connives|connived|connivingkə'naɪvverb
+encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
+form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
