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Meanings of connivance in English

Portuguese
conspiração
Catalan
consentiment tàcit
Spanish
connivencia

(Law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing.

        conspiração
        Portuguese
        conspiração

        Agreement on a secret plot.

              conspiração

              Agreement on a secret plot.

                    Usage of connivance in English
                    1
                    The disclosures revealed the connivance of the police in stupendous election frauds.
                    The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Par...
                    2
                    The crime was not committed with the connivance of the Spanish government.
                    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 18: 1572
                    3
                    Also, there is much in his career of political connivance, double-dealing, assassination.
                    The Great Book of Amber
                    4
                    It was plainly irregular, and depended on the connivance of his jailer.
                    The Life of John Bunyan
                    5
                    And this attack was most likely made with the connivance of William.
                    William the Conqueror
                    6
                    The bishop was afterwards murdered by the treacherous connivance of Henry VI.
                    The Mysteries of All Nations / Rise and Progress of Superstition...
                    7
                    Then, furious at her apparent connivance, he had started for the station.
                    The Circular Staircase
                    8
                    The connivance of Doctor Walker was suggested by his love for Louise.
                    The Circular Staircase
                    9
                    Few believe the riots could have taken place without the local administration's connivance.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    The very accusation of connivance with the Medes drove him into their arms.
                    Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book IV
                    11
                    That made everything regular in Agnes's eyes and apparently cleared Carrie of connivance.
                    The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring; Or, Along the Road That Leads t...
                    12
                    He would certainly be suspected of connivance with secret enemies of the Republic.
                    Marietta: A Maid of Venice
                    13
                    In this state of schemes, and hopes, and connivance, June opened upon Hartfield.
                    Emma
                    14
                    The woman could hardly have done so without the man's connivance.
                    John Caldigate
                    15
                    Not through corruption or any guilty connivance, but through considerations of public interest.
                    Other People's Money
                    16
                    With the King's connivance many corsairs launch from this port to plunder merchants.
                    The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
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                    Translations for connivance
                    Portuguese
                    conspiração
                    Connivance through the time
                    Connivance across language varieties
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