(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing.
- He tried to bribe the police into connivance.
- The deficit had grown with the connivance of the banks.
- The goods were exported with official connivance.
- The criminals could not have escaped without your connivance.
How do you use the word connivance?
Connivance in a Sentence ?
- The clerk's connivance allowed her to watch idly by as her supervisor stole thousands of dollars from the bank.
- Because of the teacher's connivance, the classroom bully was able to harass many of his fellow students.
What is the meaning of in connivance?
: the act of conniving especially : knowledge of and active or passive consent to wrongdoing He stole millions of dollars with the connivance of his partner.
