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CONNIVANCE
(noun) (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
synonyms : secret approval , tacit consentThe prisoners could not have escaped without the connivance of the guards. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) agreement on a secret plot
synonyms : collusionThe plot was hatched in connivance with the security officers. -added by naila_inlas
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Mnemonics for connivance
(Tag: ) Sounds like "convenience"...today everybody is convenient in ignoring the wrong thing...
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(Tag: ) can relate it with "cunning glance"
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(Tag: ) split the word conn+ ivance Con-to decieve ivance reminds us of ignorance so connivance=ignoring something deceiving/wrong
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(Tag: ) cunning assistance!!!
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(Tag: Global) Con+naïve = cons (cheats) and acts naïve, inturn pretends to ignore, in a way, conspiring to commit the crime...
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(Tag: telugu(movies)) connivance can be conni,vans...in telugu konni means few.so few vans are taken to do a dangerous deed.especially maruthi van..
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(Tag: tamil) Konnuduvein ( i'll kill you) if you tell some one abt this incident... villan threatening common man to approve his wrong doing
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