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Conniving

/kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/

Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.

📖 Definitions of "Conniving"

verb
  1. 1

    Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.

  2. 2

    Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.

  3. 3

    Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.

  4. 4

    To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

adjective
  1. 1

    That connives; conspiratorial.

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