connivance

/kə'naivəns/

Thân thiện

The manager's connivance allowed the fraud to continue.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Secret cooperation or agreement, especially for a deceitful or illegal purpose: "Connivance" refers to the act of secretly allowing or assisting wrongdoing, often while pretending ignorance.
   • Tacit approval or passive consent to wrongdoing: It can also mean the failure to prevent or report a known wrong, implying indirect involvement.

Usage

• General Use: Used to describe a situation where someone is aware of and allows improper or illegal activities to happen, often for their own benefit or to avoid conflict.
• Legal Context: In law, "connivance" specifically refers to the corrupt consent by one party to the misconduct of another, which can be a defense or a factor in certain cases (e.g., historical divorce law).

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "With the connivance of": This phrase is commonly used to state that an action happened because someone in authority secretly allowed it.
  • The illegal construction continued with the connivance of the city council.

Variants and Related Words

• Connive (verb): To secretly cooperate or conspire, especially in wrongdoing.
  • He was accused of conniving with the enemy.
• Conniving (adjective): Describing someone who is scheming and deceitful.
  • She gave him a conniving smile.

Synonyms

• Collusion: Secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose.
• Complicity: Involvement as an accomplice in a crime.
• Conspiracy: A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful.
• Abetment: The act of encouraging or assisting someone to commit a crime.

Antonyms

• Opposition: Resistance or dissent.
• Honesty: Truthfulness and integrity.
• Vigilance: The action of keeping careful watch.

Idioms and Phrases

• A nod and a wink: An idiom implying secret agreement or connivance.
  • The deal was approved with a nod and a wink from the boss.
• To turn a blind eye: To pretend not to notice something wrong, similar to passive connivance.
  • The teacher turned a blind eye to the cheating, which was a form of connivance.

Học thuật

Noun

1. (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
2. agreement on a secret plot

Từ đồng nghĩa

• secret approval
• tacit consent
• collusion