1. acts of secretly allowing or helping someone to do something wrong or illegal
Usage: plural of connivance

Examples

• The investigation revealed multiple connivances between the officials and the contractors.
• Her connivances with the cheating students were eventually discovered.
• The audit uncovered several connivances that had allowed the fraud to continue.
• Without the manager’s connivances, the embezzlement scheme would have failed.
• The court examined evidence of connivances between the defendants.
• These connivances undermined the integrity of the entire system.