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to connive
01
to secretly cooperate or conspire with others, typically to commit wrongdoing or deceit
02
encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
03
to knowingly ignore something illicit or improper without taking action to stop it
Example
Some members of the organization are currently conniving to undermine the authority of the leader.
Last year, the rival companies connived to fix prices and drive out competition.
Tomorrow, they will be conniving to manipulate the stock market for their own gain.
While we were investigating, we discovered that the employees were conniving to steal company secrets.
Despite his friendly demeanor, his conniving schemes were eventually exposed.
