0 the act of conniving, especially by knowing that something bad is happening and allowing it to continue:
Corruption, he says, cannot exist without the connivance, even if passive, of the political leadership.
At the administrative level it is a story of government complicity, connivance and concealment.
Acts of judicial connivance quashed societal opposition to the regime and prominence was given to the military judicial system within areas commonly beyond its jurisdiction.
The tardiness or inefficiency of the municipal authorities in suppressing popular revolt was therefore seen by the crown as a deliberate act of connivance.
That much duly acknowledged, however, it remains the case that it was the tacit connivance of the socio-political elite that provided the opportunity.
However, in a number of cases this was with the connivance of traditional authorities and even parents. 34.
Yet we do not need to know the names of every individual concerned to prove that official connivance was widespread.
However, state-controlled marketing institutions faced fierce competition (especially in the case of beans) from parallel market traders, who operated mostly at night and with the connivance of government officials.
