I am quoting the book The Cay. "... but there was something conniving in his voice."
No matter how much you connive and plot against me I will always come out on top because I'm a better person than you are.
if you connive against me i will take vengeance on you.
I have decided to clean out my garage next week. - as a verb we are having a clean out at home on the weekend. - as a noun
Example sentence - I heated the water in the kettle to make tea.