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connive
/kəˈnaɪv/
verb
Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
Similar: dissimulate, look the other way, shut one's eyes, turn a blind eye, wink
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