verb
- Encourage or assent to illegally or criminally.
- synonyms: connive
- Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
adjective
- Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end.
- synonyms: collusive
- Used of persons.
- usage: "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
- synonyms: calculating, calculative, scheming, shrewd
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