conspiracy

Noun
Synonyms: confederacycabal

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful actSynonyms: confederacy
  2. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)Synonyms: cabal
  3. a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purposeSynonyms: confederacy
Advertisement

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Conspiracy \Con*spir"a*cy\, 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. [1913 Webster]

When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to point.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah].— 2 Kings xiv. 19.[1913 Webster]
I had forgot that foul conspiracy
Of the beast Caliban and his confederates.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement. [1913 Webster]

A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things.— Sir P. Sidney.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Advertisement