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conspiracy

  • noun
  • /kənˈspɪɹəsi/

An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.

Other meanings

  1. An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.

  2. A secret agreement to do something.

Related words

  • conspiracism
  • conspiracist
  • conspiratard
  • counterconspiracy
  • cyberconspiracy
  • postconspiracy
  • preconspiracy
  • superconspiracy
  • conspiracy of silence
  • conspiracy hypothesis
  • conspiracy theorist
  • conspiracy theorize

Word history

From Latin "cōnspīrātiō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “conspiracy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.