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Meanings of
conniving
in английском
Used of persons.
shrewd
calculating
scheming
calculative
Related terms
hard
Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end.
collusive
Related terms
covert
Synonyms
Examples for "
collusive
"
collusive
Examples for "
collusive
"
1
Mr. Hunt now considered the whole conduct of M'Dougal hollow and
collusive
.
2
The plaintiffs said the evidence showed the new defendants engaged in
collusive
price manipulation.
3
In the back-ground are two
collusive
associates, eagerly dividing the profits of the evening.
4
Multiple parties have objected to the shareholder settlement, including Hussain, who called it
collusive
.
5
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, triple damages, and a halt to alleged
collusive
conduct.
Usage of
conniving
in английском
1
We shall never cast out the devil while
conniving
at his crimes.
2
The mixed-up bedrooms, the cuckolded husband, the
conniving
slave -thosethey understood.
3
Police colleagues arrested him in 2017 after years of betrayal and
conniving
abuse.
4
But the more
conniving
criminal element sinks further out of sight.
5
In these pictures, Klaudia didn't look slutty or
conniving
-
she
seemed
normal.
6
The sacking of any KWS official who has been
conniving
with the poachers.
7
Your kindness may be meanness now, and your bleak honesty fretful and
conniving
.
8
It was bad enough to suppose that the politicians were
conniving
in this.
9
I had my drink and my gaming, Hevis had his scheming and
conniving
.
10
Then the sneaky,
conniving
,
son of a bitch added, The baby's due soon.
11
Dominique was glamorous, sophisticated, wealthy and intelligent, but just as
conniving
as Alexis.
12
She bowed her head, vanishing from him under her
conniving
hat-brim.
13
Or was he
conniving
to steal what had once been his?
14
Here was Marlanx on Graustark soil,
conniving
with cutthroats, commanding them without opposition.
15
Women were either timid and ripe for sacrifice or jealous and
conniving
goddesses.
16
Of all the sneaky, low-down,
conniving
-
She
'd
handed
out a suitcase full of books!
Other examples for "conniving"
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About this term
conniving
connive
Verb
Present
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
own conniving
very conniving
most conniving
political conniving
so conniving
More collocations
Conniving
through the time
Conniving
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common