noun
- plural of conniver; people who scheme or plot secretly with others to do something dishonest or illegal
Usage: informal; always plural form
Examples
- The connivers were caught red-handed trying to steal from the company.
- Those connivers had been planning the fraud for months.
- The police arrested the connivers who had orchestrated the theft.
- She refused to be part of the connivers' scheme to cheat on the exam.
- The connivers worked together to manipulate the election results.
- Everyone knew the connivers were up to no good.