Adjective conniving has 2 senses
  1. collusive, conniving - acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
    Antonyms: overt, open (indirect, via covert)
  2. calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd - used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
    Antonym: soft (indirect, via hard)
,Verb connive has 2 senses
  1. connive - encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
    --1 is one way to
    assent, accede, acquiesce
    Derived form: noun connivance2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. scheme, intrigue, connive - form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
    --2 is one way to plot
    Derived form: noun connivance1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
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