conniving

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conniving

/kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/

adjective more conniving · most conniving

That connives; conspiratorial. I waited. Then those two / Strange pilgrims of the sanctuaries of sin / Brought from beneath their large conniving cloaks / Two hidden baskets brimming with rich store / Of broken viands — pasties, jellies, meats, / Crumbs of Belshazzar's table, evil waste / Of that interminable nightly feast […]

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of connive Mr. Brezhnev departed drastically from the recent Soviet propaganda line, which has attacked the United States for conniving in the Chinese invasion, as some Soviet press comments have put it. He did say that “the entire danger of any forms of connivance with that policy is more evident now than eve

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verb that connives

Español	connivente, maniobrero, maquinador
Português	conivente
Deutsch	intrigant, hinterhältig, durchtrieben

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@misc{conniving_2026,
  title = {conniving},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conniving},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}