wink at

[wink at] {v.}

To allow and pretend not to know about (a rule or law being broken).

* /John was not allowed to stay out late at night, but his parents winked at his being five minutes late./

* /A judge should never wink at any law-breaking./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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