conniv-, coniv- +

1. A secret joint conspiracy or plotting; the act of conniving with someone.
2. Tacit encouragement or assent to some kind of wrongdoing; unspoken encouragement of or consent (without participation) to wrongdoing by someone else.
3. Pretended ignorance or secret encouragement of wrongdoing.

1. To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; to collude; to conspire: "The dealers connived with customs officials to bring narcotics across the border."
2. To avoid noticing something wrong; to give aid to wrongdoing by not telling about it or by secretly helping it.
3. To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong; therefore, implying tacit encouragement or consent: "The prison guards were suspected of conniving to aid the prisoner's escape."
4. To avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn; to give aid to wrongdoing by not acting or speaking out about an illegal act.
5. To be indulgent toward something others oppose or criticize (usually followed by at).
6. Etymology: from Latin conivere, "to wink"; from com-, "together" + basic element nictare, "to wink". Hence, "to wink at (a crime), to be secretly knowledgeable".

1. Pretended ignorance of or having failed to take action against something someone ought to have opposed.
2. Having indulged in or been involved in secret sympathy, winked at, cooperated with secretly, or having had a secret understanding.

1. Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact but not fused; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc. 2. Forbearing to see or to prevent oneself from doing or saying something; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice.
3. In anatomy, the connivent valves are those wrinkles, cellules and vascules, which are found on the inside of the two intestines, ilium and jejunum.
4. Shutting the eyes; trying not to see.

Someone who connives or plots.

1. The practice of conniving or planning secretly to do something, usually something wrong or illegal.
2. The pretense of not knowing about or doing nothing to stop a wrongful or illegal act; thus, showing encouragement of or consent to the act.