Meaning of COVIN
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cov"in\ (k?v"?n), n. [OF. covine, covaine, fr. covenir to
agree. See {Covenant}.]
1. (Law) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to
prejudice a third.
2. Deceit; fraud; artifice. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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| | Related Terms: | | artifice, cabal, chicane, chicanery, collusion, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, connivery, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, counterplot, deep-laid plot, dodgery, engineering, finagling, finesse, foul play, frame-up, game, intrigue, little game, machination, maneuvering, manipulation, pettifoggery, pettifogging, plot, plotting, practice, rigging, scheme, schemery, scheming, sharp practice, skulduggery, sleight, stratagem, supercherie, trick, trickery, underhand dealing, underplot, web of intrigue, wire-pulling |
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