Definition of Conspiracy

1. Noun. A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act.

Exact synonyms: Confederacy
Specialized synonyms: Conspiracy Of Silence
Generic synonyms: Agreement, Understanding
Derivative terms: Conspiratorial, Conspire

2. Noun. A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot).
Exact synonyms: Cabal
Generic synonyms: Game, Plot, Secret Plan
Specialized synonyms: Gunpowder Plot
Category relationships: Government, Political Science, Politics
Derivative terms: Cabal, Conspire

3. Noun. A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.
Exact synonyms: Confederacy
Generic synonyms: Band, Circle, Lot, Set
Member holonyms: Coconspirator, Conspirator, Machinator, Plotter
Derivative terms: Conspiratorial

Definition of Conspiracy

1. 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.

Definition of Conspiracy

1. Noun. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. ¹

3. Noun. A group of ravens. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conspiracy

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Conspiracy

conspectuses
conspersion
conspersions
conspicious
conspicuities
conspicuity
conspicuous
conspicuous consumer
conspicuous consumption
conspicuously
conspicuousness
conspiracies
conspiracism
conspiracist
conspiracists
conspiracy (current term)
conspiracy of silence
conspiracy theories
conspiracy theorist
conspiracy theorists
conspiracy theory
conspirancy
conspirant
conspiration
conspirational
conspirations
conspirative
conspirator
conspiratorial
conspiratorially

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