English-German translation for "connive"

"connive" German translation

connive
[kəˈnaiv]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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examples
  • im geheimen Einverständnis stehen (with mit)
    connive legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR tacitly approve
    connive legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR tacitly approve
  • (bei einer unerlaubten Handlung) stillschweigend Vorschub leisten
    connive legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR tacitly encourage
    connive legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR tacitly encourage
examples
  • to connive at sb’s escape
    jemandes Flucht stillschweigend dulden (and | undu. dadurch ermöglichen)
    to connive at sb’s escape
  • ein Komplott schmieden
    connive hatch plot American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS
    connive hatch plot American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS
Einige EU-Mitgliedstaaten haben diesem Verstoß gegen die Menschenrechte Vorschub geleistet.
Some EU Member States connived with that breach of human rights.
Source: Europarl
Oder handelt es sich einfach um das System einer listigen, autoritären Führungsperson?
Or is the system simply that of a conniving authoritarian?
Source: News-Commentary
Jeder, der die Bedeutung dieser Evaluierung anzweifelt, gibt stillschweigend seine Zustimmung.
Anyone who contests the importance of evaluation is being conniving.
Source: Europarl
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