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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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Large sums of money were ready to bribe the turnkey to connive at an escape.
Each wants to win, and to do so they must connive and scheme.
To connive at the perpetuation of slavery is to disobey the commands of Heaven.
Now they want to connive, aided and abetted by the separatist Bloc, to overturn the results of an election held only seven weeks ago.
She was afraid to leave her lest she connive with Stowe Webb at some escapade.
Nor is it right for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to connive with that purpose.

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