conspiracy

CEFRB2

/kənˈspɪɹəsi/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.
An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

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A conspiracy to overthrow the government
Conspiracies, like all other exercises of human ingenuity, are of very different kinds. The gloomy plots arranged in old Italian halls...
He knew I would come for him when I discovered what he did, so he, he conspiracied to put me in prison.

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And you may have noticed that those who are too quick to shout 'conspiracy theorist' are equally swift, when consequences for authority and consensus impend, to look serious and say 'It's more complicated than that.' These have become standard damage-control reflexes.
1993, Christopher Hitchens, For the Sake of Argument
Modern political religions may reject Christianity, but they cannot do without demonology. The Jacobins, the Bolsheviks and the Nazis all believed in vast conspiracies against them, as do radical Islamists today. It is never the flaws of human nature that stand in the way of Utopia. It is the workings of evil forces.
2007, John Gray, Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
That is, further exploration of phonological systems of various languages may turn up evidence motivating conspiracies that have been regarded thus far as impossible.[…]This study of labial palatalization conspiracy is a contribution to the 'too many solutions'/'too few data' problem.
2014, Jerzy Rubach, “Soft labial conspiracy in Kurpian”, in Journal of Linguistics, volume 50, number 1
He knew I would come for him when I discovered what he did, so he, he conspiracied to put me in prison.
2007, Brian Francis Slattery, Spaceman Blues: A Love Song, page 45
“What are you two conspiracying about up here?” asked Kira, walking up next to me.
2019, Vincent Trigili, Rise of the Goblin King

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From Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman conspiracie, from Latin cōnspīrātiō, from conspire + -acy.