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[often as adj.conniving]
conspire to do something unlawful or harmful.
Derivative
connivancen.
connivern.
Etymology
C17 (earlier (C16) as connivance): from Fr. conniver or L. connivere ‘shut the eyes (to)’, from con- ‘together’ + an unrecorded word rel. to nictare ‘to wink’.
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