connivance

On Tuesday, Russia called the upsurge in protests “connivance by Western politicians and European structures.”

He fancied this would not have happened without her connivance, and she seemed graver than usual when he stood by her chair.

All our leaders would lose their heads if a single imprudent act allowed their connivance with the queen-mother to be seen.

The darkness was profound for a moment: the lightnings paused—a sort of sinister connivance.

With the connivance of a corrupt police force, Tim can even ruin him on a trumped-up charge.

The current belief was that his preferment was disgrace for connivance at communications between him and Cobham.