CONSPIRACY DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
conspiracy n 1: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [syn: conspiracy, confederacy] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) [syn: conspiracy, cabal] 3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [syn: conspiracy, confederacy] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) conspiracy noun (plural -cies) Etymology: Middle English conspiracie, from Latin conspirare Date: 14th century 1. the act of conspiring together 2. a. an agreement among conspirators b. a group of conspirators Synonyms: see plot Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary conspiracy (conspiracies) 1. 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 probably was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy in 1963. N-VAR: oft N to-inf 2. A conspiracy is an agreement between a group of people which other people think is wrong or is likely to be harmful. There was no evidence to link the brigade to any conspiracy against Mr Bush. N-COUNT: oft N to-inf English Explanatory Dictionary conspiracy kənˈspɪrəsɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 a secret plan to commit a crime or do harm, often for political ends; a plot. 2 the act of conspiring. øconspiracy of silence an agreement to say nothing. [ME f. AF conspiracie, alt. form of OF conspiration f. L conspiratio -onis (as conspire)] Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Conspiracy Conspiracies no sooner should be formed Than executed. ADDISON: Cato, Act i., Sc. 2. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Conspiracy \Con*spir"a*cy\, n.; pl. Conspiracies. [See Conspiration.] 1. 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. When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to point. --Chaucer. They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah]. --2 Kings xiv. 19. I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. --Shak. 2. A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement. A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. (Law) 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. Syn: Combination; plot; cabal. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia CONSPIRACY kon-spir'-a-si. See CONFEDERACY. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms conspiracy n. Plot, combination, cabal, complot, intrigue, machination. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) conspiracy kənˈspɪrəsɪ n. plot, scheme, stratagem, intrigue, collusion, cabal, connivance, foul play, dirty work: He suspected them of a conspiracy to defraud their clients. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 170 Moby Thesaurus words for "conspiracy": Anschluss, accompaniment, accordance, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, art, artful dodge, artifice, assimilation, association, blend, blending, blind, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, chicane, chicanery, co-working, coaction, coalescence, coalition, coincidence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination, combine, combined effort, combo, complicity, complot, composition, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confluence, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, conn, connivance, connivery, consilience, consolidation, contrivance, contriving, cooperation, correspondence, counterplot, coup, covin, craft, cute trick, deceit, deep-laid plot, design, device, dirty work, disloyalty, dodge, dodgery, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, engineering, enosis, expedient, faithlessness, fakement, falsity, federalization, federation, feint, fetch, finagling, finesse, foul play, frame-up, fusion, gambit, game, gimmick, grift, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, intrigue, jugglery, junction, junta, knavery, league, little game, machination, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulation, marriage, meld, melding, merger, move, package, package deal, parasitism, perfidiousness, perfidy, pettifoggery, pettifogging, plot, plotting, ploy, practice, racket, red herring, rigging, ruse, saprophytism, scheme, schemery, scheming, sedition, sharp practice, shift, simultaneity, skulduggery, sleight, solidification, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, supercherie, symbiosis, synchronism, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synergy, synthesis, tactic, tie-up, treacherousness, treachery, treason, trick, trickery, underhand dealing, underplot, unification, union, united action, web of intrigue, wedding, wile, wily device, wire-pulling |
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