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• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения тайного допущения или игнорирования правонарушения, часто подразумевающий молчаливое одобрение или сговор.

A phrasal verb used to indicate secretly allowing or ignoring wrongdoing, often implying tacit approval or conspiracy.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

1. Ignore wrongdoingformalbritish

   To deliberately ignore or fail to stop something wrong or illegal, often implying tacit approval.

   Потворствовать

   • The manager connived at the employees' minor rule-breaking.
   • The authorities connived at the illegal dumping for years.
   • He connived at his friend's cheating during the exam.

   Synonymscondonedisregardoverlooktoleratewink at

   Antonymscondemnconfrontdenounceexposeinterveneopposepreventpunishreportstop

Base verbconnive