connivery

/kəˈnaɪvəri/
noun
  1. Secret planning to do something dishonest or illegal; scheming behavior.
    • The novel is full of courtly connivery and backstabbing.
    • The politician's connivery was exposed by an investigative journalist.
    • She used connivery to get her coworker fired so she could take his position.
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