Covin

n.	1.	(Law) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.
	2.	Deceit; fraud; artifice.

COVIN, fraud. A secret contrivance between two or more persons to defraud and prejudice another of his rights. Co. Litt 357, b; Com. Dig. Covin, A; 1 Vin. Abr. 473. Vide Collusion; Fraud.

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