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conspiracy

(kənspɪrəsi)
Word forms: plural conspiracies
1. variable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive]
Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
Seven men, all from Bristol, admitted conspiracy to commit arson.
He believes there was a conspiracy to kill the president.
Synonyms: plot, scheme, intrigue, collusion More Synonyms of conspiracy
2. countable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive]
A conspiracy is an agreement between a group of people which other people think is wrong or is likely to be harmful.
It's all part of a conspiracy to move everything out of the town centre.
He persuaded himself that they had formed some kind of conspiracy against him.
3. 
See conspiracy of silence

conspiracy in British English

(kənˈspɪrəsɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -cies
1. 
a secret plan or agreement to carry out an illegal or harmful act, esp with political motivation; plot
2. 
the act of making such plans in secret
Derived forms
conspirator (conˈspirator)
noun
conspiratorial (kənˌspɪrəˈtɔːrɪəl) or conspiratory (conˈspiratory)
adjective
conspiratorially (conˌspiraˈtorially)
adverb

conspiracy in American English

(kənˈspɪrəsi)
nounWord forms: plural conˈspiracies
1. 
a planning and acting together secretly, esp. for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason
2. 
the plan agreed on; plot
3. 
the group taking part in such a plan
4. 
a combining or working together
the conspiracy of events
SIMILAR WORDS:  plot
Word origin
ME conspiracie, prob. via ML conspirancia < L conspirare: see conspire

Examples of 'conspiracy' in a sentence
conspiracy

There will always be conspiracy theorists and liars in public life.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It is the product of an absurd conspiracy theory.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It would be called conspiracy theory!
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They deny offences including conspiracy to corrupt and the trial at Southwark crown court continues.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They admitted conspiracy to commit theft at Portsmouth crown court.
The Sun (2016)
But they sit out the first round, a fact that conspiracy theorists will seize on.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is a grown-up conspiracy theory.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Three men deny conspiracy to commit burglary.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The idea that governments had access to alien technology was to fire generations of conspiracy theorists.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Their conspiracy theory goes along these lines.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Yet his paranoid fear of plots and conspiracies beset him to the end of his life.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
It was a conspiracy by other people involved.
The Sun (2010)
He had already admitted conspiracy to steal and will be sentenced today.
The Sun (2008)
There were claims that the journey was prolonged as part of a conspiracy to kill her.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They deny conspiracy to commit fraud and were bailed.
The Sun (2014)
The conspiracy theorists have enjoyed a field day.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The discrepancy sparked claims of a political conspiracy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Four admitted conspiracy to corrupt and the others admitted aiding misconduct in public office.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
All three men deny conspiracy to defraud.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is not just conspiracy theory.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The couple face cruelty, illegal gambling and conspiracy charges.
The Sun (2013)
What he finds is a fragile world of conspiracies, secrets and scandals.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If sport genuinely goes the way of conspiracies and secret warfare, then sport will become too serious.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It sparked a conspiracy theory.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The employers sued the union, arguing that the combination of workers to raise their wages constituted an illegal conspiracy in restraint of trade.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
He also highlights conspiracy theories linking the unfinished pyramid on the US dollar bill to the Masons.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
conspiracy

British English: conspiracy /kənˈspɪrəsɪ/ NOUN
Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something wrong or illegal.
He is guilty of conspiracy to cause criminal damage.
  • American English: conspiracy
  • Arabic: مُؤَامَرَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: conspiração
  • Chinese: 密谋
  • Croatian: zavjera
  • Czech: spiknutí
  • Danish: sammensværgelse
  • Dutch: samenzwering
  • European Spanish: conspiración
  • Finnish: salaliitto
  • French: complot
  • German: Verschwörung
  • Greek: συνωμοσία
  • Italian: cospirazione
  • Japanese: 陰謀
  • Korean: 음모 계략
  • Norwegian: sammensvergelse
  • Polish: spisek
  • European Portuguese: conspiração
  • Romanian: conspirație
  • Russian: заговор
  • Latin American Spanish: conspiración
  • Swedish: konspiration
  • Thai: การวางแผนการอย่างลับๆ
  • Turkish: komplo
  • Ukrainian: змова
  • Vietnamese: âm mưu

Chinese translation of 'conspiracy'

conspiracy

(kənˈspɪrəsɪ)

n (c/u)

  1. conspiracy (to do sth) (做某事的)阴(陰)谋(謀) ((zuò mǒushì de) yīnmóu)
(noun) 
Definition
the act of making such plans
Many people believe there was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy in 1963.
Synonyms
plot
a plot to overthrow the government
scheme
a quick money-making scheme
intrigue
the plots and intrigues in the novel
collusion
He found no evidence of collusion between record companies and retailers.
confederacy
cabal
The left saw it as a bourgeois cabal.
frame-up (slang)
machination
the political machinations that brought him to power
league
golden circle

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cabal
Definition
a secret plot or conspiracy
The left saw it as a bourgeois cabal.
Synonyms
plot,
scheme,
intrigue,
conspiracy,
machination
in the sense of collusion
Definition
secret or illegal agreement or cooperation
He found no evidence of collusion between record companies and retailers.
Synonyms
conspiracy,
intrigue,
deceit,
complicity,
connivance,
secret understanding,
fraudulent artifice
in the sense of intrigue
Definition
secret plotting
the plots and intrigues in the novel
Synonyms
plot,
scheme,
conspiracy,
manoeuvre,
manipulation,
collusion,
ruse,
trickery,
cabal,
stratagem,
double-dealing,
chicanery,
sharp practice,
wile,
knavery (old-fashioned),
machination

Synonyms of 'conspiracy'

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