connivance

• Существительное, обозначающее действие по тайному допущению или содействию чему-то неправильному или незаконному, часто путем игнорирования или неспособности предотвратить это.

A noun referring to the act of secretly allowing or assisting something wrong or illegal to happen, often by ignoring or failing to prevent it.

uncountable

1. Secret cooperationC1formal

   The act of secretly helping someone to do something illegal or wrong.

   Тайное содействие

   • The manager was accused of connivance in the fraud.
   • The guards acted with the connivance of the prison authorities.
   • The crime was committed with the connivance of several officials.

   Synonymsabetmentcollusioncomplicityconspiracy

   Antonymshindranceobstructionoppositionresistance