Connive

[imp. & p. p. CONNIVED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONNIVING.] [Lat. connivēre, to shut the eyes, from con and nīvēre, to close, akin to nicāre and nictāre, to wink.]

1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs.] “To connive with either eye.” Spectator.
2. To close the eyes upon a fault or other act; to fail or forbear, by intention, to see a fault;—usually followed by at. “To connive at what it does not approve.” Bp. Taylor.

The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. Macaulay.