conniving
adjective
[ kəˈnʌɪvɪŋ ]
• given to or involved in conspiring to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful.
• "a heartless and conniving person"
connive
verb
• secretly allow (something immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur.
• "I did not connive in the production of these documents"
Similar:
deliberately ignore,
overlook,
not take into consideration,
disregard,
pass over,
gloss over,
take no notice of,
take no account of,
make allowances for,
turn a blind eye to,
close/shut one's eyes to,
wink at,
blink at,
excuse,
pardon,
forgive,
condone,
let someone off with,
let go,
let pass,
look the other way,
let something ride,
Origin:
early 17th century: from French conniver or Latin connivere ‘shut the eyes (to)’, from con- ‘together’ + an unrecorded word related to nictare ‘to wink’.
