1. secret cooperation or conspiracy, especially in wrongdoing
2. willful blindness to or tacit encouragement of wrongdoing

Examples

• The scandal revealed the connivance between the officials and the contractors.
• Her connivance in the cheating scheme led to her suspension.
• The teacher’s connivance allowed the students to break the rules repeatedly.
• Without the manager’s connivance, the embezzlement would have been impossible.
• The investigation uncovered a pattern of connivance among the board members.
• His connivance in the cover-up made him equally guilty.
• The success of the plan required the connivance of several key witnesses.