sabwat
sabwát with stress marks
connivance; conspiracy; collusion
Usage Note
Sabwat implies secret cooperation in a wrongdoing, often used in legal or political contexts to describe collusion between officials or criminal groups. The verb form magsabwat means to conspire or collude.
Examples
" May sabwat sila sa nakaw. "
Natural Translation
They are in collusion on the theft.
Literal Translation
Have collusion they in theft.
" Sila ay may sabwat sa krimen. "
Natural Translation
They have a collusion in the crime.
Literal Translation
They are have collusion in crime.
" Natuklasan ng imbestigador na nagsabwatan ang ilang opisyal upang itago ang nawawalang pondo ng bayan. "
Natural Translation
The investigator discovered that several officials conspired to hide the town's missing funds.
Literal Translation
Discovered by-the investigator that conspired the several officials in-order-to hide the missing fund of town.
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