connivance

Example Sentences

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Madrid should explain “the conditions, circumstances and connivances that led to the fraudulent entry of this person using false documents and a usurped identity,” said Foreign Ministry Director General Fouad Yazourh.

From Reuters

That includes the tools to intercept, analyse and block communications, he said, which in turn could help root out or disincentivize alleged connivance between politicians and the gangs responsible for kidnappings.

From Reuters

And as the blithely clueless cheerfulness of film’s antihero gradually curdles to cunning connivance, so does the narrative’s black comedy congeal, taking on a tone that is less jokey than sickening.

From Washington Post

Right now, with the connivance of Facebook, Google and Twitter, the U.S. government is attempting to dramatically reshape how we share information.

From Salon

They’ve done so with the connivance of our lawmakers, who have tied the hands of the Internal Revenue Service.

From Los Angeles Times