Conspiracy

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  • noun. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
  • noun. A group of conspirators.
  • noun. An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
  • noun. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An ancient writ which was issued against parties alleged to be guilty of a conspiracy to indict a party for treason or a felony.
  • noun. A combination of persons for an evil purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to commit in concert something reprehensible, injurious, or illegal; particularly, a combination to commit treason, or excite sedition or insurrection; a plot; concerted treason.
  • noun. Hence Any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.
  • noun. Synonyms Intrigue, cabal, machination.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A combination of people for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.
  • noun. A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.
  • noun. An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
  • noun. An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  • noun. A group of ravens.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
  • noun. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
  • noun. a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
    • Word Usage
    "It's a conspiracy theory about ­conspiracy theories, about the ­powerful ­mythology of the greatest crime of the American century."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    contention  disagreement  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    band  circle  lot  set  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abuse  assault  conflict  corruption  crime  
    Synonym
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    Anschluss  accompaniment  accordance  addition  affiliation  
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