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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesconnivencia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ko.niˈβen.sja/
"Actuaron con la connivencia de las autoridades."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Winkingly shared secret understanding, complicity, or a knowing expression between individuals.
"There was a brief moment of connivance between them before the secret was revealed." - 2
A willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.
"The scandal was uncovered due to the manager's tacit connivance in the fraud."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb connivere, meaning 'to close the eyes' (to wink), evolving through French connivence to denote tacit awareness, collusion, or a shared knowing look between parties.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Connivance" is said worldwide
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connivence
Transliteration: /kɔ.ni.vɑ̃s/
"Il y avait une véritable connivence dans leur sourire."
Konnivenz
Transliteration: /kɔnɪˈvɛnt͡s/
"Sie verstanden sich durch stillschweigende Konnivenz."
connivenza
Transliteration: /kon.niˈvɛn.tsa/
"C'era una tacita connivenza tra i due."
connivencia
Transliteration: /ko.niˈβen.sja/
"Actuaron con la connivencia de las autoridades."
connivência
Transliteration: /ko.niˈvẽ.si.ɐ/
"O plano foi executado com total connivência."
मिलीभगत
Transliteration: milībhagat
"यह सब अधिकारियों की मिलीभगत से हुआ।"
默契
Transliteration: mòqì
"他们两人之间有一种默契的微笑。"
묵인
Transliteration: mukin
"그들은 서로의 눈빛 속에서 묵인을 읽었다."
共犯関係
Transliteration: kyōhānkankei
"彼らの間には暗黙の共犯関係があった。"
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