Sekirov Dictionary

conspiracy

/kənˈspɪɹəsi/

noun 9
verb 1
forms 3

noun9

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a plan that people make together in secret to hurt someone or break the law
- Conspiracies, like all other exercises of human ingenuity, are of very different kinds. The gloomy plots arranged in old Italian halls... — 1834
An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
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A secret agreement to do something.
- The people whom he visited were members of the surprise party conspiracy, and kept the pianist involved in a heated discussion until they were sure that the surprise was ready for him. — 1916
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An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.
- You may even find yourself using your new awareness and insight to assist others in their recovery process. A conspiracy to enable others joins the minds of all who seek faces of recovery. — 2007
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(nonstandard) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
- Rather than propagating conspiracies about the evils of wealthy Jewry, they beat up poor Roma in back alleys. — 2008
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(rare) A group of various animals.
- She was wary, jumping at imagined shadows and at the prowlings of a conspiracy of cats lurking in an alley — 1982
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(rare) A flock of crows or ravens.
- Over-the-top tales flew around like a conspiracy of crows. — 2023
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(rare) A group of lemurs.
- The Oregon Zoo welcomed two red-ruffed lemurs this week, bringing the total number in the conspiracy — the name for a group of lemurs — to seven. — 2018
A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.

verb1

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(nonstandard, rare) To conspire.
- He knew I would come for him when I discovered what he did, so he, he conspiracied to put me in prison. — 2007

forms

conspiracied · conspiracying · conspiracies

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