conniving

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conniving

A conniving business partner secretly alters the contract.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Acting in a scheming, deceitful, or manipulative way: Describes a person who secretly plans or conspires, often for selfish or dishonest purposes.
    • Cooperating secretly for a fraudulent or illegal purpose: Describes individuals or groups working together in a hidden, underhanded manner to achieve a dishonest goal.
Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The conniving politician was finally exposed for his backroom deals.
    • She gave him a conniving smile, knowing her plan was working perfectly.
    • The two conniving employees were caught stealing from the company.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be conniving": to habitually engage in secret scheming.
    • He is not just ambitious; he is deeply conniving and cannot be trusted.
  • "conniving nature/ways": a characteristic of being deceitful and scheming.
    • Her success was due more to her conniving ways than to her talent.
Variants and Related Words
  • Connive (verb): To secretly allow something wrong to happen or to cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful act.
    • The guard was accused of conniving in the prisoner's escape.
  • Connivance (noun): The act of conniving; secret cooperation or consent.
    • The fraud occurred with the connivance of a senior manager.
Synonyms
  • Scheming: Making secret and clever plans to achieve an aim, often a dishonest one.
  • Devious: Showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals.
  • Cunning: Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.
Related Phrases
  • In cahoots (with someone): In close, often secret, partnership or league, typically for a dishonest purpose.
    • The two companies were in cahoots to fix the prices.
  • Backstabbing: The act of saying harmful or unpleasant things about a person when they are not present.
    • The office was full of backstabbing and conniving behavior.
Related Idioms
  • A snake in the grass: A deceitful or treacherous person.
    • Be careful of him; he's a real snake in the grass.
  • Play a deep game: To act in a very secretive and cunning way.
    • The spy was known for playing a deep game.
conniving

A conniving business partner secretly alters the contract.

Adjective
  1. used of persons
    • the most calculating and selfish men in the community
  2. acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

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