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Adjective
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Working in conjunction with another to deceitfully achieve one's goals
cunning
devious
crafty
scheming
sly
wily
tricky
artful
guileful
deceitful
unscrupulous
calculating
underhand
designing
treacherous
duplicitous
foxy
unprincipled
Machiavellian
slick
slippery
subtle
disingenuous
contriving
manipulative
plotting
slim
colluding
collusive
conspiratorial
conspiring
caballing
Janus-faced
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“A pair of baboons acted precisely like conniving con artists in cooperating to deceive a third.”
Adjective
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Repellently obsequious or ingratiating
slimy
ingratiating
sycophantic
unctuous
fawning
obsequious
oily
subservient
toadying
abject
craven
cringing
greasy
grovellingUK
oleaginous
slavish
sycophantish
toadyish
apple-polishing
bootlicking
brown-nosing
excessively deferential
forelock-tugging
humble
self-abasing
soapy
sucky
arse-licking
ass-kissing
suckholing
grovelingUS
smarmy
Uriah Heepish
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Noun
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The secret planning of something illicit or detrimental
intrigue
conspiracy
plot
scheme
collusion
machination
trickery
ruse
stratagem
cabal
manoeuvreUK
plotting
scheming
wile
artifice
manipulation
planning
chicanery
design
deviousness
manoeuvringUK
maneuveringUS
subterfuge
underhandedness
unscrupulousness
complot
contrivance
covin
dealing
knavery
maneuverUS
deception
fraud
sharp practice
dirty tricks
double-dealing
palace intrigue
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Verb
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Present participle for to make secret plans, typically devious in nature
intriguing
plotting
scheming
conspiring
machinating
contriving
finagling
wangling
colluding
compassing
complotting
devising
planning
angling
coconspiring
cogitating
diddling
framing
operating
cooking up
framing up
participating in a conspiracy
putting up
manoeuvringUK
maneuveringUS
caballing
hatching a plot
consorting
laying plans
forming a conspiracy
more ❯
“She could guess exactly how her stepmother would connive to ensure that she was married to the Viscount.”
Verb
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Present participle for to deliberately ignore (something that is generally frowned on)
ignoring
disregarding
overlooking
discounting
whitewashing
unheeding
unminding
misheeding
winking
dissimulating
brushing aside
passing over
shrugging off
slurring over
glossing over
paying no heed to
brushing off
paying no attention to
blinking at
turning a blind eye
paying no mind to
taking no notice
winking at
turning a deaf ear to
letting go
taking no notice of
letting pass
looking the other way
making allowances for
shutting eyes to
deliberately ignoring
taking no account of
turning a blind eye to
letting someone off with
letting something ride
closing your eyes to
more ❯
“They might, with small risk to their liberties, connive at some illegal acts on the part of a prince whose general administration was good.”
Verb
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Present participle for to act in concert with others, typically underhandedly
colluding
collaborating
conspiring
allying
cooperating
uniting
leaguing
combining
coacting
complotting
caballing
abetting
teaming up
joining forces
working together
getting together
acting together
banding together
being in cahoots
ganging up
working hand in glove
participating in a conspiracy
joining together
getting in bed with
merging
amalgamating
pulling together
acting jointly
coming together
working side by side
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Verb
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Present participle for attempt to get
angling for
aiming for
casting about for
conspiring
contriving
fishing for
hinting
hunting
inviting
looking for
maneuveringUS
manoeuvringUK
planning
plotting
scheming
seeking
soliciting
striving
trying for
trying to get
Verb
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Present participle for assist, help in wrongdoing
abetting
aiding
helping
assisting
backing
supporting
sanctioning
boosting
furthering
seconding
endorsing
succoringUS
succouringUK
backstopping
championing
condoning
expediting
favoringUS
favouringUK
forwarding
prompting
sustaining
upholding
urging
collaborating with
colluding with
conniving with
cooperating with
fostering
lending a hand
pushing
siding with
spurring
working with
advocating
countenancing
goading
going along with
prodding
propping up
conniving at
participating in
backing up
egging on
giving a push to
putting up to
Verb
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Present participle for to arrange or contrive
working
arranging
contriving
manipulating
fixing
fiddling
maneuveringUS
manoeuvringUK
pulling strings
pulling wires
conspiring
finagling
hustling
beguiling
bluffing
colluding
finessing
influencing
jockeying
lobbying
machinating
one-upping
exploiting
playing
plotting
rigging
swinging
bringing off
wangling
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