Conspiracy
[kən'spɪrəsɪ] or [kən'spɪrəsi]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.
Checker: Lucille--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.
(n.) A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Plot, combination, cabal, complot, intrigue, machination.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Intrigue, cabal, plot, treason, treachery, machination, coalition
ANT:Legislation, parliament, congress, synod, Comp, {Conclave_and_cabal}
Editor: Oswald
Examples
- He filed an application for a patent and entered into a conspiracy to 'swear back' of the date of my invention, so as to deprive me of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is thought the friendly visit was only the cloak of a bloody conspiracy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A cadet of the house was an officer of the great Duke and distinguished in the famous Saint Bartholomew conspiracy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It's a conspiracy,' said Ben Allen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The moving spirit in this conspiracy of governments against peoples was the Austrian statesman, Metternich. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A dark conspiracy was on foot in the midst of us; and our beloved and innocent friend had been entangled in its meshes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The old conspiracy to make me happy! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If robbery for the purpose of gain was at the bottom of the conspiracy, the Colonel's instructions absolutely made the Diamond better worth stealing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We heard without sympathy the protestations with which he tried next to persuade us that the disclosure of the conspiracy had overwhelmed him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In what position does the conspiracy to seize the Moonstone now stand? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Presently Philotas was accused of conspiracy, and, upon very insufficient evidence, tortured and executed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The more the door resisted him, the more dangerous and imminent became that bloody conspiracy against his life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You don't think at all of what I shall do, in return; or of getting yourself into trouble for conspiracy and so forth? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Godfrey is all the readier to enter into the conspiracy, having himself suffered from your sharp tongue in the course of the evening. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You are guilty of an infamous conspiracy! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Another professor showed me a large paper of instructions for discovering plots and conspiracies against the government. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Do you know that I have been the victim of your plots and conspiracies? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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