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• Verbe à particule qui signifie tolérer ou ignorer secrètement un délit ou une faute, souvent en laissant sous-entendre une approbation silencieuse ou une complicité.

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

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Ignore wrongdoingformalbritish

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

   fermer les yeux sur

   • 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.

   Synonymescondonedisregardoverlooktoleratewink at

   Antonymescondemnconfrontdenounceexposeinterveneopposepreventpunishreportstop

Verbe de baseconnive