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connivance

[kuh-nahy-vuhns] / kəˈnaɪ vəns /


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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

It was becoming more and more clear to me that there was connivance on the part of the security forces.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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