to conspire
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5.8
- verb
- /kənˈspaɪər/
:
conspirar
- So I know five of the six people that are left are conspiring to get Get Me Out of there.
- conspire with others
- accused of conspiring
- charged with conspiring
He's caught on a call basically conspiring with Russ to hide this fraud.
- He's caught on a call basically conspiring with Russ to hide this fraud.
- And it was because they were conspiring to kill Vito Genovese and.
- And so the North Koreans and the Russians conspire on this.
- CDCCDCO, basically the FDA and CDC has conspired against us.
- You got Suge, Knight, Bucci and the girlfriend, and the three of them conspire to kill Biggie.
- He cannot function unless he has enemies and people he believes are conspiring against him.
- Wirecard accused the FT of conspiring with evil short sellers to bring their stock price down.
Examples
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Brother S began to feel that St. Ed and the others were conspiring against him.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tell me you didn't conspire to kill Ross.
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The two of them conspired in this together.
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Your commitment to his every cause does not oblige you to conspire in any crime.
Academic text (1999) -
Even heaven was not as perfect, and so they conspired out of envy to cause this tragedy.
Fiction book (1995) -
He cannot function unless he has enemies and people he believes are conspiring against him.
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And you were right; they conspired with us to assassinate their own Chancellor!
Fiction book (1991) -
Indian domestic politics also conspired to toughen the Indian stance on the CTBT.
Academic text (1997) -
We find one Ingrid Hoyt guilty of conspiring to commit heresy against our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Fiction book (1999) -
The hackers planned to conspire with each other to steal sensitive information from the company.
Synonyms
120
4.8
To make a secret plan to do something illegal
46
6.0
Make up a story or excuse to trick people
44
8.3
To secretly work with others to trick or cheat someone
19
8.8
Secretly allow or help someone to do something wrong
14
6.5
To make secret plans to do something dishonest
8
8.0
Someone who secretly plans to do something dishonest or harmful
1
7.9
To secretly plan dishonest actions against others
1
9.9
To make secret plans to do something bad
1
6.3
Plan something in secret, often to trick or surprise others
To plan secretly with others to do something illegal
To meet secretly to plan something dishonest
To plot secretly to gain power, often in politics
To form a secret group to plot against someone
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Etymology
Conspire comes from the parts con- 'together' and spirare 'to breathe', so it originally meant 'to breathe together', like people whispering together while they plan. That's why to conspire means to secretly plan with others to do something harmful or illegal.