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CONNIVING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acting with a specific goal
Example:
the most calculating and selfish men in the community
Synonyms:
calculating; calculative; conniving; scheming; shrewd
Classified under:
Similar:
hard (dispassionate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
Synonyms:
collusive; conniving
Classified under:
Similar:
covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb connive
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