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Meanings of conniving in inglês

Used of persons.

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Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end.

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Examples for "collusive"
Examples for "collusive"
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Mr. Hunt now considered the whole conduct of M'Dougal hollow and collusive.
Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountai...
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The plaintiffs said the evidence showed the new defendants engaged in collusive price manipulation.
Reuters
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In the back-ground are two collusive associates, eagerly dividing the profits of the evening.
The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings / With D...
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Multiple parties have objected to the shareholder settlement, including Hussain, who called it collusive.
Reuters
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The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, triple damages, and a halt to alleged collusive conduct.
Reuters
Usage of conniving in inglês
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We shall never cast out the devil while conniving at his crimes.
Broken Bread, from an Evangelist's Wallet
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The mixed-up bedrooms, the cuckolded husband, the conniving slave -thosethey understood.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Police colleagues arrested him in 2017 after years of betrayal and conniving abuse.
News.com.au
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But the more conniving criminal element sinks further out of sight.
The last page
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In these pictures, Klaudia didn't look slutty or conniving-sheseemed normal.
Twisted
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The sacking of any KWS official who has been conniving with the poachers.
The Guardian
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Your kindness may be meanness now, and your bleak honesty fretful and conniving.
East of eden
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It was bad enough to suppose that the politicians were conniving in this.
The Guardian
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I had my drink and my gaming, Hevis had his scheming and conniving.
Doom of the Dragon
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Then the sneaky, conniving, son of a bitch added, The baby's due soon.
Wrangling the redhead
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Dominique was glamorous, sophisticated, wealthy and intelligent, but just as conniving as Alexis.
The Irish Times
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She bowed her head, vanishing from him under her conniving hat-brim.
The Age of Innocence
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Or was he conniving to steal what had once been his?
Fortunate harbor
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Here was Marlanx on Graustark soil, conniving with cutthroats, commanding them without opposition.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
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Women were either timid and ripe for sacrifice or jealous and conniving goddesses.
The South African
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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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