Definition of Conniving

1. Adjective. Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end.

Exact synonyms: Collusive
Similar to: Covert
Derivative terms: Collude

2. Adjective. Used of persons. "The most calculating and selfish men in the community"
Exact synonyms: Calculating, Calculative, Scheming, Shrewd
Similar to: Hard
Derivative terms: Calculate, Shrewdness

Definition of Conniving

1. Verb. (present participle of connive) ¹

2. Adjective. That connives; conspiratorial ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conniving

1. connive [v] - See also: connive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conniving

conniptions
connivance
connivances
connivant
connive
connive at
connived
connivencies
connivency
connivent
conniver
conniveries
connivers
connivery
connives
conniving
connivingly
connivings
connixation
connixations
connodal
connoisseur
connoisseurial
connoisseurs
connoisseurship
connoisseuse
connoisseuses
connotate
connotated
connotates

Literary usage of Conniving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"The rigour of the Scotch government, their conniving and bribing; the lewdness and debauchery of elders in secret. ..."

2. Forty Years Among the Indians: A True Yet Thrilling Narrative of the Author by Daniel Webster Jones (1890)
"I am Accused of Conniving with the Indians to Steal—My Arrest— Investigation and Discharge—The Fate of Witches among the Natives—I Interfere to Prevent ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"He is also as entirely relieved from the imputation of conniving in the imposture—an accusation which has been insinuated against him—by the circumstance of ..."

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