Conspiracy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) (syn: cabal)
- a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose (syn: confederacy)
Extra examples
The CIA uncovered a conspiracy against the government.
They were accused of conspiracy to commit murder.
He was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage.
There were many conspiracy theories (=beliefs that something is the result of a conspiracy) surrounding Princess Diana's death.
He thinks everything the government does is part of some grand conspiracy.
...a conspiracy theory about the existence of an international cabal devoted to world domination...
...the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories...
...the informer who told the police about that conspiracy has angered a lot of dangerous people...
...the novel's elaborate theory detailing a supposed 2,000-year-old conspiracy is mostly tiresome twaddle...
...a natural-born skeptic, she typically greets the latest conspiracy theory with head-shaking unbelief...
They were charged with conspiracy to defraud.
There's often a conspiracy of silence surrounding bullying in schools.
The suggestion that there was a conspiracy is not entirely fanciful.
He denied the alleged conspiracy.
French buy into 9/11 conspiracy.
Word forms
singular: conspiracy
plural: conspiracies
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