CONNIVING

calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd

(adjective) acting with a specific goal; “the most calculating and selfish men in the community”

collusive, conniving

(adjective) acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

conniving

present participle of connive

Adjective

conniving (comparative more conniving, superlative most conniving)

That connives; conspiratorial. [from 1780s]

Source: Wiktionary

CONNIVE

Con*nive", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Connived; p.pr. & vb.n. Conniving.] Etym: [L. connivere to shut the eues, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.]

1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs.] The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. Spectator.

2. To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at. To connive at what it does not approve. Jer. Taylor. In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they were conniving. Burke. The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. Macaulay.

Con*nive", v. t.

Definition: To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [R. & Obs.] "Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition