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[動](自)
1 ［connive at A］〈A（悪事など）を〉見て見ぬふりをする, 黙視［黙認］する；大目［寛大, 同情的］に見る
・ connive at embezzlement
使い込みを見て見ぬふりをする.
2 （人と）（ひそかに）共謀する((with ...))；（…しようと）陰謀を企てる((at, in ..., to do))
・ Mr. Smith connived with his boss to trap me. ［＝Mr. Smith and his boss connived to trap me. ］
スミス氏と彼の上司はひそかに共謀して私を陥れようとした.
con・niv・er
[名]陰謀家；黙認者.
con・niv・ing
[形]悪だくみにたけた, 陰険な.
［１］見て見ぬふりをする, わざと見逃す; 黙認する;〈at ..〔悪事など〕を〉.
・ The storekeeper didn't 〜 at the child's shoplifting.
店主は子供の万引きを大目に見てくれなかった.
1. to cooperate secretly; conspire (often fol. by with): They connived to take over the business.
2. to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn; give aid to wrongdoing by forbearing to act or speak (usually fol. by at): The policeman connived at traffic violations.
3. to be indulgent toward something others oppose or criticize (usually fol. by at): to connive at childlike exaggerations.
Etymology: French or Latin; French conniver, from Latin conivēre, connivēre to close the eyes, connive, from com- + -nivēre (akin to nictare to wink); akin to Old English & Old High German hnīgan to bow
Date: 1601
1: to pretend ignorance of or fail to take action against something one ought to oppose <the government connived in the rebels' military buildup>
2 a: to be indulgent or in secret sympathy : wink b: to cooperate secretly or have a secret understanding
3: conspire, intrigue <accused his opponents of conniving to defeat the proposal>
— con·niv·er noun
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