Conniving

Definition

connive /kǝ'naÇv/ v ၁။ ( derog ) ~ at/in sth လ်စ္လ်ဴ႐ႈသည္။ မ သိက်ဳိးကြၽန္ျပဳသည္။ By not protesting you are conniving at the destruction of the environment. ၂။ ~ (with sb) (to do sth) ပူးေပါင္းႀကံစည္သည္။ They had connived (with the mayor) to get funds secretly allocated to the project. ❏ connivance /kǝ'naÇvǝns/ n [U] ~ (at/in sth) မသိ က်ဳိးကြၽန္ျပဳျခင္း။ မ်က္ႏွာလႊဲေနျခင္း။ a crime carried out with the connivance of/in connivance with the police. ❏ conniving adj (သူတစ္ပါးကို)ဒုကၡေပးေသာ။ You conniving bastard!

Examples

1. [connive (with someone) to do something] : The officials allegedly connived to take public funds for personal use.
2. [connive at] : Such crimes are common and are often connived at by the legal system.