connivance
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"You cannot create a budget code for yourself without the budget office knowing. There must be connivance with officials within."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Wednesday that scam centres were destroying his country's economy and giving the nation a bad name -- pushing back on allegations of government connivance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
During the 1990s he privately criticized the “barbarians” brought in by a new editor, Tina Brown, but admitted to Garrison Keillor his “own unprincipled connivance with the Tina regime.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Adedayo said logging in protected areas “is not possible without the connivance of the civil servants.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
His entire attitude of connivance was superbly exaggerated.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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