conspiracy

Meanings

Plural: conspiracies

Noun

• a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
• a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
• a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
• An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.
• An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
• A secret agreement to do something.
• An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.
• A group of ravens.
• A group of lemurs.
• A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
• A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.

Verb

• To conspire.

Synonyms

cabal, confederacy

Related Words

co-conspirator, conspiration, conspirator, conspiratorial, conspiratorialism, conspiratorialist, conspiratorially, conspiratory, conspire, conspirer