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May. 27th, 2014|12:55 pm |
conspiracy |kənˈspɪrəsi|
noun ( pl. conspiracies )
a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful: a conspiracy to destroy the government.
• [ mass noun ] the action of plotting or conspiring: they were cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
PHRASES
a conspiracy of silence an agreement to say nothing about an issue that should be generally known.
ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French conspiracie, alteration of Old French conspiration, based on Latin conspirare ‘agree, plot’ (see conspire) . |
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