[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

connive \connive"\ ko^nnimacv", v. i. imp.  p. p.
   connived -nimacvd"; p. pr.  vb. n. conniving. l.
   connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con- + perh. a
   word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.
   1. to open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. obs.
      1913 webster

            the artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously,
            and to connive with either eye.       --spectator.
      1913 webster

   2. to close the eyes upon a fault; to wink at; to fail or
      forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a
      proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by
      at.
      1913 webster

            to connive at what it does not approve. --jer.
                                                  taylor.
      1913 webster

            in many of these, the directors were heartily
            concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging,
            and sometimes commanding; in all they were
            conniving.                            --burke.
      1913 webster

            the government thought it expedient, occasionally,
            to connive at the violation of this rule.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster
see also:
connived conniving 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

conniving
     adj 1: acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
            syn: collusive
     2: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in
        the community" syn: calculating, calculative, scheming,
         shrewd
see also:
collusive calculating calculative scheming shrewd 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 moby thesaurus words for "conniving":
   byzantine, machiavellian, calculating, coacting, coactive,
   coadjutant, coadjuvant, coefficient, collaborative, collective,
   collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, commensal,
   common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist,
   communistic, communitarian, concerted, concordant, concurrent,
   concurring, connivent, conspiring, contriving, cooperant,
   cooperating, cooperative, designing, ecumenic, fellow, harmonious,
   harmonized, intriguing, joint, mutual, noncompetitive, plotting,
   reciprocal, scheming, stratagemical, symbiotic, synergetic,
   synergic, synergistic, uncompetitive, up to

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