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conniving::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calculating, calculative, scheming, shrewd |
conniving::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | collusive |
Examples of conniving
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Honestly, Machiavelli would take his hat off to this bunch of conniving rotters.
From the guardian.co.uk
Some angels can be a mild nuisance, others downright conniving and unscrupulous.
From the forbes.com
The opera involved a conniving wife, her hapless lover and her jealous husband.
From the washingtonpost.com
A conniving young waitress catches the eye and heart of a married restaurateur.
From the post-gazette.com
To Simonson's credit, even Mark Staley's conniving Vlado gets to make his case.
From the post-gazette.com
Woods portrays the Lord of the Underworld as a sour, conniving Hollywood agent.
From the time.com
Unlike the moody, conniving British brunette of the novel, Ronan was cheerful.
From the dispatch.com
The opposition's foreign affairs spokeswoman appears cross-eyed and conniving.
From the smh.com.au
It was set at an Army camp, and the main character was a conniving Bilko type.
From the tennessean.com
- Collusive: acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
- Calculating: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
- (connive) encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
- (connive) scheme: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- That connives; conspiratorial
- (connive) to cooperate with others secretly in order to commit a crime; to collude; to plot or scheme; to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to be a wench
- (connive) (v.) to plot, scheme (She connived to get me to give up my plans to start up a new business.)
- (connive) To cooperate secretly in wrongdoing, plot, conspire
