connive

• Verbo usado para indicar cooperação secreta ou conluio com alguém para praticar atos desonestos ou ilegais; também pode significar tolerar ou ser conivente com algo errado, muitas vezes de forma passiva.

A verb used to indicate secretly cooperating or conspiring with someone to do something dishonest or illegal.

1. Secretly cooperate or plotC1formal

   To secretly work together with someone to do something dishonest or illegal.

   Conspirar secretamente

   • The two officials connived to embezzle public funds.
   • They connived with the enemy to overthrow the government.
   • The employees connived to hide the accounting errors from the auditors.

   Sinônimoscolludecomplotconspireintriguemachinateplotscheme

2. Tacitly allow wrongdoingC1formal

   To deliberately ignore or give silent approval to something wrong or illegal.

   Consentir com o erro

   • The manager connived at the staff's frequent absences.
   • The police were accused of conniving at the illegal gambling operation.
   • By not reporting the violation, she effectively connived in the crime.

   Sinônimoscondoneignoreoverlooktolerateturn a blind eyewink at

   Antônimoscondemndisallowforbidopposepreventprohibit

Variantes phrasalconnive at