What is "connivings"

Usage examples of "connivings".

Probably I would have stayed free of her connivings then if I hadn't, at that time, uncovered a plot to do away with the young princes and substitute changelings.

Beasley did not like such men or their connivings, but Arbigost whispered, “Why pay the auctioneer an unnecessary com­mission?

The honor of American youth must be upheld against the denigrating connivings of the pillars of learning.

Their warrings, their strifes, their internecine intrigues and connivings were inevitable because of the tremendousness and capability -- and the limitations -- of their minds.

Their warrings, their strifes, their internecine intrigues and connivings were inevitable because of the tremendousness and capability—and the limitations—of their minds.