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connive at something (with someone) and connive (at something) with someone

to scheme at something (with someone); to plot something (with someone). Are you conniving at something with Ronald? Are you and Ronald conniving with Tom at something I should know about? Stop conniving with people!

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why do you thus so cruelly connive at the projected Misery of her and of yourself by delaying to communicate that scheme which had doubtless long possessed your imagination? Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context Thou must connive at her escape, Malvoisin, and I will transport her to some place of greater security and secrecy. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context Well, now, to continue our supposititious case, the couple--not necessarily a guilty couple--realize after the murderer is gone that they have placed themselves in a position in which it may be difficult for them to prove that they did not themselves either do the deed or connive at it. The Valley of Fear by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			confirm in confiscate from conflict conflict with conform conform to conform with confront with confuse confuse about confuse or an animal with confuse with confusion congratulate on conjecture on conjure conjure up conk conk off conk out connect connect the dots connect to connect with conniption connive at Consarn it! conscience Conscience does make cowards of us all conscript into consecrate to God consent consent to consequence consider consider for consideration consign to consist of console console on console with consort with conspicuous conspicuous by absence conspire with Constant dropping wears away a stone constrain from doing construct from construe as consult			conning conning Conning station Conning station conning tower conning tower conning tower conning towers conning towers conniption conniption conniption conniption conniption conniptions conniptions connivance connivance connivance connivances connivances connivances connivancy connivant connivant connivant connive connive connive connive connive at connive with connived connived connivence connivence connivence Connivency connivent connivent connivent conniver conniver conniver connivers connivers connivery connivery connives connives connives conniving conniving CONNIX Connnecticut Connnecticut Connnecticut Connochaetes Connochaetes Connochaetes Connochaetes taurinus

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