connivance
21connivance — con•niv•ance [[t]kəˈnaɪ vəns[/t]] n. 1) the act of conniving 2) law encouragement of another s wrongdoing • Etymology: 1590–1600; (< F) < L …
22connivance — /kəˈnaɪvəns/ (say kuh nuyvuhns) noun 1. the act of conniving. 2. Law acquiescence or assistance in wrongdoing …
23connivance — /kanayvans/ The secret or indirect consent or permission of one person to the commission of an unlawful or criminal act by another. A winking at; voluntary blindness; an intentional failure to discover or prevent the wrong; forbearance or passive …
24connivance — /kanayvans/ The secret or indirect consent or permission of one person to the commission of an unlawful or criminal act by another. A winking at; voluntary blindness; an intentional failure to discover or prevent the wrong; forbearance or passive …
25collusion, connivance — Collusion means a secret agreement for some tricky, underhanded, or fraudulent purpose: Drivers acted in collusion with warehousemen to rob the manufacturer. Collusion is close in meaning to conspiracy and should not be confused with… …
26passive connivance — Conduct of the complaining spouse which smoothed the path of the other to the adulterous bed. Vinton v Vinton, 264 Mass 71, 161 NE 817 …
27collusion — col·lu·sion /kə lü zhən/ n: the act or an instance of colluding col·lu·sive / siv/ adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
28conspiracy — con·spir·a·cy /kən spir ə sē/ n pl cies [Latin conspiratio, from conspirare to conspire see conspire] 1: an agreement between two or more people to commit an act prohibited by law or to commit a lawful act by means prohibited by law; also: the… …
29conspiracy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plot, intrigue, collusion, connivance; see intrigue 1 , plot 1 , trick 1 . See Synonym Study at plot . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [kunSPEERuhsee] aworking together in secret to commit a wrongdoing, a …
30Collusion — Col*lu sion, n. [L. collusio: cf. F. collusion. See {Collude}.] 1. A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other s hands; deceit; fraud; cunning. [1913 Webster] The foxe, maister of collusion …
