connive Sentence Examples

The two siblings would connive together to sneak cookies from the jar before dinner.
It's unethical to connive with competitors to fix prices in the market.
She felt betrayed when she discovered her friends were conniving behind her back to exclude her from the group.
The corrupt officials would connive to manipulate the results of the elections.
In the movie, the villains connive to overthrow the government and seize control.
He realized too late that his colleagues were conniving to take credit for his ideas.
The students connived to cheat on the exam by passing answers to each other.
She refused to connive with her coworkers to spread false rumors about their boss.
The criminals connived to steal valuable artwork from the museum.
It was clear that the opposing team was conniving to disrupt our game plan.

connive Meaning

Wordnet

encourage or assent to illegally or criminally

form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

No weak antonyms found.

encourage or assent to illegally or criminally, form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

ignore, wink, overlook, forgive, excuse, condone,tolerate, disregard,pass over, gloss (over)

deny, deny, disapprove (of),refuse, disapprove (of), refuse, disallow, disallow, frown (on or upon),frown (on or upon)

The two siblings would connive together to sneak cookies from the jar before dinner.

It's unethical to connive with competitors to fix prices in the market.

She felt betrayed when she discovered her friends were conniving behind her back to exclude her from the group.

The corrupt officials would connive to manipulate the results of the elections.