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Meanings of conniving in English

Used of persons.

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        Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end.

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              Usage of conniving in English
              1
              We shall never cast out the devil while conniving at his crimes.
              Broken Bread, from an Evangelist's Wallet
              2
              The mixed-up bedrooms, the cuckolded husband, the conniving slave -thosethey understood.
              The Memoirs of Cleopatra
              3
              Police colleagues arrested him in 2017 after years of betrayal and conniving abuse.
              News.com.au
              4
              But the more conniving criminal element sinks further out of sight.
              The last page
              5
              In these pictures, Klaudia didn't look slutty or conniving-sheseemed normal.
              Twisted
              6
              The sacking of any KWS official who has been conniving with the poachers.
              The Guardian
              7
              Your kindness may be meanness now, and your bleak honesty fretful and conniving.
              East of eden
              8
              It was bad enough to suppose that the politicians were conniving in this.
              The Guardian
              9
              I had my drink and my gaming, Hevis had his scheming and conniving.
              Doom of the Dragon
              10
              Then the sneaky, conniving, son of a bitch added, The baby's due soon.
              Wrangling the redhead
              11
              Dominique was glamorous, sophisticated, wealthy and intelligent, but just as conniving as Alexis.
              The Irish Times
              12
              She bowed her head, vanishing from him under her conniving hat-brim.
              The Age of Innocence
              13
              Or was he conniving to steal what had once been his?
              Fortunate harbor
              14
              Here was Marlanx on Graustark soil, conniving with cutthroats, commanding them without opposition.
              Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
              15
              Women were either timid and ripe for sacrifice or jealous and conniving goddesses.
              The South African
              16
              Of all the sneaky, low-down, conniving-She'dhanded out a suitcase full of books!
              Norway to hide: a passport to peril mystery
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