Meaning of the word connivance in English

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connivance

US /kəˈnaɪ.vəns/
UK /kəˈnaɪ.vəns/

Noun

1.

willingness to allow or secretly be involved in something bad or illegal:

Example:
Their appalling treatment of their child could only have happened with the connivance of their neighbors.
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