con ‧ nive /kəˈnaɪv/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: conniver , from Latin connivere 'to close the eyes, connive' ]
1 . to not try to stop something wrong from happening
connive at
He would not be the first politician to connive at a shady business deal.
2 . connive (with somebody) to do something to work secretly with someone to achieve something, especially something wrong SYN conspire :
They connived with their mother to deceive me.
—connivance noun [uncountable] :
We could not have escaped without the connivance of the guards.