Conspiracy
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Noun
Conspiracy (plural conspiracies)- The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
- (law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
- A group of ravens.
Adjectives for Conspiracy
rebel; domestic; tacit; abortive; awkward; finespun; well-contrived; criminal; fraternal; elaborate; organized; ravishing; purported; irresistible; monstrous; political; dark; infamous; grim; pleasing; silent; popular; malevolent; nation- wide; alley; fatal.
Verbs for Conspiracy
block—; charge with—; combine in—; conceal—; contrive—; convict of—; disclose—; discover—; excite—; foil—; hatch—; incite—; indict for—; instigate—; intrigue in—; involve in—; plot—; punish—; strengthen—; uncover—; unearth—; — brews; —damages; —fails; —flourishes; —injures; —ripens; —succeeds.
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Thesaurus
cahoots, cartel, centralization, chicane, chicanery, co-working, coaction, coalescence, coalition, coincidence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination, combine, combined effort, combo, complicity, complot, composition, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confluence, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, conn, connivance, connivery, consilience, consolidation, contrivance, contriving, cooperation, correspondence, counterplot, coup, covin, craft, cute trick, deceit, deep-laid plot, design, device, dirty work, disloyalty, dodge, dodgery, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, engineering, enosis, expedient, faithlessness, fakement, falsity, federalization, federation, feint, fetch, finagling, finesse, foul play, frame-up, fusion, gambit, game, gimmick, grift, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, intrigue, jugglery, junction, junta, knavery, league, little game, machination, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulation, marriage, meld, melding, merger, move, package, package deal, parasitism, perfidiousness, perfidy, pettifoggery, pettifogging, plot, plotting, ploy, practice, racket, red herring, rigging, ruse, saprophytism, scheme, schemery, scheming, sedition, sharp practice, shift, simultaneity, skulduggery, sleight, solidification, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, supercherie, symbiosis, synchronism, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synergy, synthesis, tactic, tie-up, treacherousness, treachery, treason, trick, trickery, underhand dealing, underplot, unification, union, united action, web of intrigue, wedding, wile, wily device, wire-pulling
Etymology
The verb conspire generally accepted of coming from the Latin roots con (“with”), and spiro (“I breathe”) — so 'to conspire' literally means 'to breathe together'.
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