

To plot plan devise contrive scheme for.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.Figuratively, to concur to one end act in unison contribute jointly to a certain result: as, all things conspired to make him prosperous.

To agree by oath, covenant, or otherwise to commit a reprehensible or illegal act engage in a conspiracy plot especially, hatch treason.Literally, to breathe together (with) breathe in unison or accord, as in singing.intransitive verb To plan or plot secretly.intransitive verb To join or act together combine.intransitive verb To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.Objectors gave spirited critiques of what they described as a conspiracy against culture itself.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. The word " conspiracy," a character notes, derives from the Latin for "breathe together." The term conspiracy is not limited to an unlawful scheme or plot. Paulson stadium deal funnels Portland tax money to New York (Jack Bog's Blog)īarrie Zwicker, Canadian media commentator and journalist: "At a certain point, the term conspiracy-theory becomes just an excuse not to do your homework."Ĭonspiracy Theories: The Philosophical Debate, the term conspiracy theory started to carry negative connotations after the philosopher Karl Popper wrote, during the Third Reich, that conspiracy theories propelled the paranoid ideologies that gave rise to totalitarian regimes such as that of Adolf Hitler. Your Palin conspiracy is in left field according to LL. It's a conspiracy theory about conspiracy theories, about the powerful mythology of the greatest crime of the American century. noun a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act.noun a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot).noun a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.noun law An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.noun (Law) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful confederacy.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.


noun An ancient writ which was issued against parties alleged to be guilty of a conspiracy to indict a party for treason or a felony.noun A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design.noun Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.noun An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
