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Noun: conspiracy  kun'spi-ru-see
  1. A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
    - confederacy
     
  2. A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
    - cabal
     
  3. A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
    - confederacy

Derived forms: conspiracies

Type of: agreement, band, circle, game [informal], lot, plot, secret plan, set, understanding

Encyclopedia: Conspiracy, and Protection of Property Act 1875

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