conspiracy
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5.5
- noun
- /kənˈspɪrəsi/
:
conspiración
- Authorities arrested five people involved in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs across the border.
- conspiracy theory
- conspiracy theorist
- conspiracy of silence
What we call social networks look like conspiracies to absolute rulers.
- What we call social networks look like conspiracies to absolute rulers.
- But this is one of those conspiracies that's actually just true.
- So like grand global conspiracies seem like they can't really happen.
- The next is conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
- So we know that conspiracies are happening all the time.
- So ended up I plead guilty to cocaine conspiracy of special amounts.
- We know the conspiracies are the lifeblood of the world.
- There doesn't have to be some actual act of conspiracy or action to do that.
- It's tainted legitimate conspiracies like it's George Soros.
- This is just a conspiracy of blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Examples
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Whoever those men were, they had nothing to do with the conspiracy against the queen.
Fiction book (1993) -
But a charge of conspiracy to blackmail might be brought.
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We're not doing this because of some conspiracy theory, right?
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That could also be part of a conspiracy as well.
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But I'm not party to any conspiracy, gentlemen.
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The next is conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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The charged them with the conspiracy to disrupt a school.
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Was there an unknown member of the conspiracy who had been stalking Tom?
Fiction book (1992) -
I am the victim of a conspiracy," and he rose full of dignity and righteousness.
Fiction book (1993) -
I am clearly the victim of a conspiracy designed and perpetuated by these three Musketeers.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
216
4.3
A secret plan by people to do something illegal
205
8.4
Secret deal by people or companies to cheat others
32
8.9
A secret group that plans together to gain power, often in politics
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9.3
A secret, clever plan to harm or trick others
13
4.3
A plan people keep secret to do something wrong
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9.9
Secret help that allows someone to do something illegal
1
8.9
A secret group that plans to do something illegal
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8.1
A plan made to trick people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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9.9
A false political claim that a public figure was not born in the country they say
How Secretive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conspiracy comes from con- 'together' and spirare 'to breathe', so it once meant 'to breathe together'. The same breathing root is in inspire ('to breathe life into'), and the picture of people quietly 'breathing together' helps you remember that a conspiracy is a secret plan by a group.