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conspiracy

/kənˈspɪɹəsi/noun4 syllables

Conspiracy means: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act.

Synonyms for conspiracy4

noun, as in a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

confederacy

noun, as in a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

cabal

noun, as in a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

confederacy

also used for conspiracy

murder, unkindness

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What does conspiracy mean?3

noun

1

a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

2

a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

3

a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Conspiracy in a sentence

  • Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic action against the conspiracy.CM
  • Without dissemination of the facts, conspiracy theories will abound.AlanF_US
  • Conspiracy theories draw skeptics, who then also unmask them.Miktsoanit
  • Three years ago, that was just a conspiracy theory.maaster
  • Unfortunately, every so-called conspiracy theory turned out to be true.frpzzd
  • I wish this conspiracy you speak of was real, just to spite you.DJ_Saidez
  • Of course conspiracies do happen, but what you're talking about is absurd.shekitten
  • I want to see what's at the bottom of this conspiracy of silence.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of conspiracy

as a noun

plural
conspiracies