1. to secretly allow or help with wrongdoing; to conspire
Usage: past tense of connive
2. to deliberately ignore or overlook misconduct
Usage: often followed by ‘at’

Examples

• The manager connived with employees to hide the safety violations.
• She connived at her brother’s cheating on the test.
• The officials connived to cover up the scandal.
• He connived in the plan to steal the documents.
• The teacher suspected that parents had connived to help their children cheat.
• They connived together to avoid paying taxes.