Verb
To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at.
To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLet America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. Langston Hughes
Am I reading too much into all that innuendo, or did you in fact just connive to assassinate Gregor in one breath, offer to cuckold him in the next, accuse your father of homosexuality, suggest a patricidal plot against him, and league yourself with Cavilo -- what are you going to do for an encore? Lois McMaster Bujold
I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They're hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since. Robert Metcalfe
God cannot alter the past, that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians. Samuel Butler (novelist)
It is a fraud to connive at a fraud. Latin Proverb