Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.

  2. An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.

    (countable, uncountable)An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.

    Verschwörung

    сго́ворsgóvor, за́говорzágovor

    змо́ваzmóva

    a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A secret agreement to do something.

  4. (broadly, countable, uncountable)An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

  5. (countable, proscribed, uncountable)A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.

  6. (collective, countable, rare, uncountable)A group of various animals.

  7. A group of various animals.

    (collective, countable, rare, uncountable)A flock of crows or ravens.

  8. (collective, countable, rare, uncountable)A group of lemurs.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.

    Verschwörung, Konspiration

    за́говорzágovor, сго́ворsgóvor

    змо́ваzmóva

Examples

121 sentences
  1. Some people see a conspiracy behind almost everything.

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  2. It's all a conspiracy.

    ruЭто всё заговор.

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  3. It's not a conspiracy.

    ruЭто не заговор.

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  4. It isn't a conspiracy.

    ruЭто не заговор.

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  5. He was charged with conspiracy.

    deEr wurde der Verschwörung angeklagt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an agreement to break the law:
Русский
By meaning 1
an agreement to break the law:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
an agreement to break the law:
act of working in secret to obtain some goal:

Origin

From Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman conspiracie, from Latin cōnspīrātiō, fr

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

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Forms

plural: conspiracies
Singularconspiracy
Pluralconspiracies

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot):cabal
  • a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act:confederacy
  • a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose:confederacy

Word family

26 related words

See also

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