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connivance
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Definition:1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or conspiring2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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It was considered to be closed, but went on working in secret with the connivance of the local police officer and the district doctor, who was paid ten roubles a month by the owner.
Anton Chekhov. The Witch and other stories
---he made that blue chink, which was set apart for us, sparkle with all the animation of cordiality, which went far beyond mere playfulness, and almost touched the border-line of roguery; he subtilised the refinements of good-fellowship into a wink of connivance, a hint, a hidden meaning, a secret understanding, all the mysteries of complicity in a plot, and finally exalted his assurances of friendship to the level of protestations of affection,
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 1]
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[...] Judge Taylor threw the case out of court. When asked upon what grounds, Judge Taylor said, "Champertous connivance," and declared he hoped to God the litigants were satisfied by each having had their public say.
Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird, p.164 (1960)
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