[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conspiracy \conspir"acy\, n.; pl. conspiracies. see
   conspiration.
   1. a combination of people for an evil purpose; an agreement,
      between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert,
      as treason; a plot.
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            when shapen was all his conspiracy
            from point to point.                  --chaucer.
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            they made a conspiracy against amaziah. --2 kings
                                                  xiv. 19.
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            i had forgot that foul conspiracy

            of the beast caliban and his confederates. --shak.
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   2. a concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to
      one event, as if by agreement.
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            a conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things.
                                                  --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
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   3. law an agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds,
      by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful
      act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful;
      confederacy.

   syn: combination; plot; cabal.
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see also:
conspiracies conspiration 

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