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  • 41connive — con·nive /kə nīv/ vt con·nived, con·niv·ing [Latin con(n)ivere to close one s eyes, knowingly overlook something]: to assent knowingly and wrongfully without opposition to another s wrongdoing; specif: to knowingly consent to a spouse s marital… …

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  • 42conspire — con·spire /kən spīr/ vi con·spired, con·spir·ing [Latin conspirare to be in harmony, to join in an unlawful agreement, from com together + spirare to breathe]: to join in a conspiracy compare solicit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …

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  • 43contrive — I verb arrange, cause, collude, compose, conceive, concoct, connive, consider, conspire, counterplot, design, develop a course, devise, draft, effect, excogitare, fabricate, fashion, forecast, form, frame, imagine, improvise, induce, intrigue,… …

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  • 44engineer — I noun architect, artificer, contractor, contriver, creator, framer, instigator, inventor, machinist, maker, manager, mechanic, originator, producer II verb arrange, assemble, brew, build, cause, collude, compose, conspire, construct, contrive,… …

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  • 45maneuver — I (tactic) noun approach, course of conduct, decursio, decursus, device, line of action, management, manipulation, mode of procedure, move, operation, plan of attack, planned campaign, procedure, scheme, stratagem, strategy, stroke, undertaking… …

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  • 46scheme — n 1: a combination of elements (as statutes or regulations) that are connected, adjusted, and integrated by design: a systematic plan or program an administrative inspection scheme 2: a crafty, unethical, or fraudulent project a scheme to defraud …

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  • 47angle — Synonyms and related words: Anschauung, L, action, aim, anagnorisis, angle for, angle of vision, angle off, apex, approach, architectonics, architecture, argument, aspect, atmosphere, background, bait the hook, base, basis, be after, bear off,… …

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  • 48brew — Synonyms and related words: John Barleycorn, Pilsner, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, ale, angle, approach, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, await, bake, barbecue, baste, bathe, be imminent, be in store, beer, begin, besprinkle, beverage …

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  • 49cabal — Synonyms and related words: Anschluss, addition, affiliation, age group, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, artifice, assimilation, association, band, battalion, bevy, blend, blending, body, brigade, bunch, cadre,… …

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  • 50cogitable — Synonyms and related words: cerebrate, cogitate, collogue, collude, conceive, connive, conspire, contrive, deliberate, devise, envisage, envision, imagine, intrigue, machinate, reason, reflect, speculate …

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