connivance

• Nom désignant le fait de tolérer ou de favoriser secrètement une action répréhensible ou illégale, souvent en fermant les yeux ou en n'empêchant pas celle-ci, ou encore une entente tacite pour de tels agissements.

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.

indénombrable

1. Secret cooperationC1formal

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

   connivence

   • 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.

   Synonymesabetmentcollusioncomplicityconspiracy

   Antonymeshindranceobstructionoppositionresistance