connivance

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I am requested by her to thank you for your connivance--passive, of course--in this pious falsehood.

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  1. noun The act of conniving.
  2. noun Law Knowledge of and tacit consent to the commission of an illegal act by another.

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  • The intercourse of the stockmen was generally confined to the periods of migration: sometimes with the connivance, at others, the express consent of the men; but the detention was often compulsory. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2), by John West
  • The same kind of connivance was practised to the advantage of other branches of the opposition. —  Diderot and the Encyclopaedists (Vol 1 of 2)
  • Other features include: removable tray for your connivance, a safety key lock, secured polished brass hinges with stop. —  We Blog A Lot
  • With Migratz's connivance--a woman who acted as nurse was squared too, and her evidence is available--the actual date of death was concealed, and the Comtesse d'Albreville had time to present her authority and receive the money. —  Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House
  • But the great crime could not be achieved without the connivance, and at last the active consent, of the national government. —  A History of American Christianity
 

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  1. Less correct form for connivence, also written connivency; from French connivence = Spanish Portuguese connivencia = Italian connivenza, from Latin conniventia, cōniventia, from connivere, cōnivere, connive: see connive.
 

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