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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
connive .
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Examples
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But if the legitimate authority "connives" or "refuses to perform his duty then let each private citizen bestir himself with all his power to defend the lawful constitution of his country to whom after God he owes his entire existence."
Latest Articles Law and History Review 2009
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Gianni Schicchi, a peasant, connives at making a fraudulent will for an aristocratic family, and defrauds them in turn.
Triple-Header Makes Excellent Opera Paul Levy 2011
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If the storyline seems too Cinderella-like, then Mrs. Danvers is the perfect witch of fairy tales—she gloats, she connives, she is a dark controlling presence that must ultimately vanish into smoke.
Psychos, Obsessives And Other Loons Mary Horlock 2011
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I see him now as a man who schemes and connives, and I take pity on him.
Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge: Is It Crazy To Forgive Those Who Hurt You? A Christian Perspective Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge 2011
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I see him now as a man who schemes and connives, and I take pity on him.
Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge: Is It Crazy To Forgive Those Who Hurt You? A Christian Perspective Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge 2011
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He connives, he seduces, he bellows and whines - he is, in short, a deeply human man whose greatest struggle is always with himself.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Barney's Version Marshall Fine 2010
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He connives, he seduces, he bellows and whines - he is, in short, a deeply human man whose greatest struggle is always with himself.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Barney's Version Marshall Fine 2010
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He connives, he seduces, he bellows and whines - he is, in short, a deeply human man whose greatest struggle is always with himself.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Barney's Version Marshall Fine 2010
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How can a culture which connives in forcing teenagers to attain impossible thinness and applauds bizarre garments as high fashion, or sit in judgment over others 'attires?
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How does it look when the government willingly rushes to the aid of a convicted white criminal, but ignores or actively connives in the detention of these other Canadians.
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