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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COVIN, n. In law, a collusive or deceitful agreement between two or more to prejudice a third person.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Law a conspiracy to commit a crime etc. against a third party. 2 archaic fraud, deception. Etymology: ME f. OF covin(e) f. med.L convenium -ia f. convenire: see CONVENE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Covin 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also covine) (Law.) Collusion.

Moby Thesaurus

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