connivance
/kəˈnaɪvəns/noun
mass noun
- willingness to secretly allow or be involved in an immoral or illegal act默许; 纵容：
this infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials.
这种违法行为是在官员的纵容下发生的。
词源
late 16th cent. （also in the Latin sense 'winking'）： from French connivence or Latin conniventia, from connivere 'shut the eyes (to)' （see CONNIVE）.