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   conspiracy

   /kənˈspɪrəsi/

   noun

   • 1. a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful: "she served five years in prison for taking part in a conspiracy to sell stolen art works" Similar plotschemestratagemplanmachinationcabalintriguepalace intriguedeceptionploytrickrusedodgesubterfugesharp practiceinformal:frame-upfit-upracketput-up jobrare:complotcovin
   • ▪ the action of plotting or conspiring: "they were cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice" Similar plottingcollusionintrigueconnivancemachinationcollaborationtreason

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French conspiracie, alteration of Old French conspiration, based on Latin conspirare ‘agree, plot’ (see conspire).

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