conspiracy

English

/kənˈspɪɹəsi/

noun
Definitions
  • The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
  • (legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  • A group of ravens.
  • A group of lemurs.
  • (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
  • (by ellipsis) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French conspiracie derived from Latin cōnspīrātiō (agreement, union, unanimity).

Origin

Latin

cōnspīrātiō

Gloss

agreement, union, unanimity

Concept
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Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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