connivance
C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
Tacit consent to or wilful ignorance of another's wrongdoing that one has a duty to prevent.
The smuggling could not have continued without the connivance of corrupt customs officers.
Business noun
Tacit cooperation in or willingness to overlook wrongdoing.
The losses could not have accumulated without the connivance of at least two board members.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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