The criminals could not have escaped without your connivance. 囚犯没有你的默契配合,是逃不掉的。
He tried to bribe the police into connivance. 他企图收买警察放他一马。
He was accused of connivance in the riot. 他被指控在暴动上的纵容。
connivance
[ noun ]
agreement on a secret plot
<noun.communication>
(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
<noun.communication>
Connivance \Con*niv"ance\, n. [Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.] 1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co["o]peration.
2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.
Syn: See {Collusion}.
Asheeke said "Pretoria proceeded with enacting this election law, obviously with the connivance of the special representative of the United Nations" in Namibia, Martti Ahtisaari.
Imagine that style, school ties, Oxbridge connections and connivance all play a part in this.