Conniving (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Acting with a specific goal; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The politician's conniving nature was evident in the way she manipulated public opinion to further her own career.
- His conniving business partner had been secretly embezzling funds from their company for years.
- The novel's protagonist was a conniving character who would stop at nothing to achieve her goal of becoming the most powerful person in the city.
- The conniving thief had been planning the heist for months, carefully studying the security guards' routines and waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
- The conniving salesman used high-pressure tactics to convince the elderly couple to invest in a timeshare they couldn't afford.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The two business partners were accused of engaging in conniving behavior to embezzle funds from their company.
- The politician's opponents claimed that she was involved in a conniving plot to rig the election in her favor.
- The group of friends were caught for their conniving scheme to cheat on the final exam by sharing answers.
- The company's executives were found guilty of conniving to fix prices and limit competition in the market.
- The detective suspected that the husband and his mistress were involved in a conniving plan to murder his wife and collect the life insurance.