Conspiracy
noun
A secret plan made by two or more people to do something bad, harmful, or illegal.
The police discovered a conspiracy to rob the bank.
Often appears as...
- conspiracy theory
- conspiracy to commit
noun
The act of secretly planning to do something that is harmful or illegal.
They were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Often appears as...
- conspiracy charge
- conspiracy to defraud
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Legal
noun
An agreement made in secret by a group of people, to do something wrong.
There's a conspiracy against me. Everyone is trying to get me fired.
Often appears as...
- conspiracy of silence
- rooted in conspiracy
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Disapproving
noun
A theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators.
Many conspiracy theories surround the disappearance of the flight MH370.
Often appears as...
- alien conspiracy theories
- government conspiracy theories
noun
A secret plan made by two or more people to do something bad, harmful, or illegal.
The police discovered a conspiracy to rob the bank.
Often appears as...
- conspiracy theory
- conspiracy to commit
noun
The act of secretly planning to do something that is harmful or illegal.
They were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Often appears as...
- conspiracy charge
- conspiracy to defraud
Usage tips
Legal
noun
An agreement made in secret by a group of people, to do something wrong.
There's a conspiracy against me. Everyone is trying to get me fired.
Often appears as...
- conspiracy of silence
- rooted in conspiracy
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators.
Many conspiracy theories surround the disappearance of the flight MH370.
Often appears as...
- alien conspiracy theories
- government conspiracy theories
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Implications
The word 'conspiracy' typically implies something negative and is often associated with distrust.
The whole town whispered about the conspiracy to rig the local election.
Pro Tip 2/2More Than One
'Conspiracy' involves multiple people. It’s not a plan by a lone individual.
They were accused of conspiracy because they worked together to hide the truth.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Implications
The word 'conspiracy' typically implies something negative and is often associated with distrust.
The whole town whispered about the conspiracy to rig the local election.
Pro Tip 2/2More Than One
'Conspiracy' involves multiple people. It’s not a plan by a lone individual.
They were accused of conspiracy because they worked together to hide the truth.
Pro Tip 1/2Negative Implications
The word 'conspiracy' typically implies something negative and is often associated with distrust.
The whole town whispered about the conspiracy to rig the local election.
Pro Tip 2/2More Than One
'Conspiracy' involves multiple people. It’s not a plan by a lone individual.
They were accused of conspiracy because they worked together to hide the truth.
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How we need to remake...
We can imagine a hypothetical world of "peak social media." What would that be like? It would mean when you get on, you can get really useful, authoritative medical advice instead of cranks. It could mean when you want to get factual information, there's not a bunch of weird, paranoid conspiracy theories.
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Flat Earth vs. Round...
believe these things but science is important science is valuable science saves lives it makes our lives better and more comfortable and it enriches us intellectually and to question what scientists are saying and suggested they're part of some massive international global conspiracy it's
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How the pandemic will...
And anyone who's watching this who thinks for a minute that this man is involved in some kind of conspiracy, you want your head examined. You are crazy. Enough of us know Bill over many years and have seen the passion and engagement in this to know that you are crazy. So get over it,
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
These seeds are being distributed freely through traditional kinds of certification groups, so it is very important in less developed countries that the seed be freely available. Wouldn't some activists say that this is actually part of the conspiracy? This is the heroin strategy.
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The pattern behind...
that comes down to design life. Even the idea that government can rescue us -- that's no longer the wave of the future, but that is, I think, a type of projecting somebody up there, big and powerful, will come rescue us. And this is also, I think, the basis of conspiracy theories.
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Why should you read...
and he begins to plots his revenge on the new king and his court of conspirators. The play is an odd sort of tragedy, lacking either the abrupt brutality or all-consuming romance that characterize Shakespeare’s other work in the genre.
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The great conspiracy...
The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars, during which Brutus, facing certain defeat, took his own life. Ironically, the ultimate result would be the opposite of what the conspirators had hoped to the end of the Republic
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The secret US prisons...
It turned out that one of the people involved in the loan was trying to enlist someone else in a fake attack. Aref didn't know. For that, he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group.
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to the film follow booths footsteps examine the scene and uncover the conspiracy for a deeper dive and one of history's greatest crimes go to killing Lincoln conspiracy calm
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Watch two TED Talks at...
relationship in the face of conspiracy and blind judgment rule in the trouble with tribbles what an inconvenience to be human Shakespeare we characters in person
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How we need to remake...
We can imagine a hypothetical world of "peak social media." What would that be like? It would mean when you get on, you can get really useful, authoritative medical advice instead of cranks. It could mean when you want to get factual information, there's not a bunch of weird, paranoid conspiracy theories.
Video examples
Flat Earth vs. Round...
believe these things but science is important science is valuable science saves lives it makes our lives better and more comfortable and it enriches us intellectually and to question what scientists are saying and suggested they're part of some massive international global conspiracy it's
Video examples
How the pandemic will...
And anyone who's watching this who thinks for a minute that this man is involved in some kind of conspiracy, you want your head examined. You are crazy. Enough of us know Bill over many years and have seen the passion and engagement in this to know that you are crazy. So get over it,
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
These seeds are being distributed freely through traditional kinds of certification groups, so it is very important in less developed countries that the seed be freely available. Wouldn't some activists say that this is actually part of the conspiracy? This is the heroin strategy.
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The pattern behind...
that comes down to design life. Even the idea that government can rescue us -- that's no longer the wave of the future, but that is, I think, a type of projecting somebody up there, big and powerful, will come rescue us. And this is also, I think, the basis of conspiracy theories.
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Why should you read...
and he begins to plots his revenge on the new king and his court of conspirators. The play is an odd sort of tragedy, lacking either the abrupt brutality or all-consuming romance that characterize Shakespeare’s other work in the genre.
Video examples
The great conspiracy...
The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars, during which Brutus, facing certain defeat, took his own life. Ironically, the ultimate result would be the opposite of what the conspirators had hoped to the end of the Republic
Video examples
The secret US prisons...
It turned out that one of the people involved in the loan was trying to enlist someone else in a fake attack. Aref didn't know. For that, he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group.
Video examples
Online Interactive...
to the film follow booths footsteps examine the scene and uncover the conspiracy for a deeper dive and one of history's greatest crimes go to killing Lincoln conspiracy calm
Video examples
Watch two TED Talks at...
relationship in the face of conspiracy and blind judgment rule in the trouble with tribbles what an inconvenience to be human Shakespeare we characters in person
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David Grann
American Journalist
A lot of the stories I write about have an element of mystery. They're crime stories or conspiracy stories or quests. They do have built into them revelations and twists. But the revelations, to me, come from seeing history as it's unfolding, or life as it's unfolding.
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Edward Witten
American Mathematician
I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for it to be all wrong. Humans do not understand it very well, but I just don't believe there is a big cosmic conspiracy that created this incredible thing that has nothing to do with the real world.
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Oswald Mosley
British Politician
Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy consciously controlling all mankind by its financial power; in real, clear analysis.
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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
American Model
I don't think there are beautiful women out there trying to lure men into any kind of conspiracy. I think people are out there just trying to meet someone new and interesting and live in the real world.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
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John le Carre
English Writer
We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg
English Politician
The BBC always wants to blame things on Brexit. I'm not saying this is a conspiracy: I'm saying it is a fact of life.
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Scarlett Moffatt
English Entertainer
I do love a conspiracy theory myself, but I'm more of an alien, mermaid sort of conspiracy girl.
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David Grann
American Journalist
A lot of the stories I write about have an element of mystery. They're crime stories or conspiracy stories or quests. They do have built into them revelations and twists. But the revelations, to me, come from seeing history as it's unfolding, or life as it's unfolding.
Quote examples
Edward Witten
American Mathematician
I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for it to be all wrong. Humans do not understand it very well, but I just don't believe there is a big cosmic conspiracy that created this incredible thing that has nothing to do with the real world.
Quote examples
Oswald Mosley
British Politician
Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy consciously controlling all mankind by its financial power; in real, clear analysis.
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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
American Model
I don't think there are beautiful women out there trying to lure men into any kind of conspiracy. I think people are out there just trying to meet someone new and interesting and live in the real world.
Quote examples
Douglas MacArthur
American General
The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
Quote examples
John le Carre
English Writer
We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.
Quote examples
Peter Bergen
American Journalist
So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg
English Politician
The BBC always wants to blame things on Brexit. I'm not saying this is a conspiracy: I'm saying it is a fact of life.
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Scarlett Moffatt
English Entertainer
I do love a conspiracy theory myself, but I'm more of an alien, mermaid sort of conspiracy girl.
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