[f. CONNIVE + -ER1.] One who connives.
1639. R. Junius, Sinne Stigm., 825 (T.). Abettors; counsellors; consenters; commenders; connivers; concealers.
1651. Baxter, Inf. Bapt., 151. Abetters of, or Connivers at the vilest Heresies.
1824. Miss Ferrier, Inher., xxxvi. I to become … the conniver at low and improper … connections!
1890. Q. Rev., Oct., 543. That … comes near to an admission that he had been a conniver.
