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Meaning of conspiracy in English
Pronunciation
/kənˈspɪrəsi/
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Noun
conspiracy
Etymology
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French conspiracie, alteration of Old French conspiration, based on Latin conspirare‘agree, plot’ (see conspire)
Definitions
1.
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
2.
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
3.
a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose