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What does connive mean?

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Verb
  1. To cooperate with others secretly in order to commit a crime; to collude.
  2. To plot or scheme.
  3. To pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore a fault deliberately.
  4. (archaic) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
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The challenge arises when families connive with these local councils to increase the ages of children.
It doesn't really matter how materially privileged they are, they are still miserable and we connive at making them even unhappier.
It cannot be allowed that Joshua, Samuel, or Ezra, could connive at such a deception.
Together they connive in cahoots and scheme to create the world's worst musical, a guaranteed catastrophic dog of a show.
Nor is it right for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to connive with that purpose.
She was afraid to leave her lest she connive with Stowe Webb at some escapade.

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