黙許

もっきょ【黙許】

tacit permission [consent]; connivance.

～する allow; give one's tacit consent [asset] 《to…》; silently agree [assent] 《to…》; connive [wink] 《at…》; pass over.

●校内暴力を黙許する tacitly condone school violence

・警察はその不正を知りながら黙許した. The police had known of the irregularities but passed them over [connived at them].