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- Dictionaryconspire/kənˈspʌɪə/
verb
- 1. make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act: "they conspired against him" Similar
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to plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes: [ + to infinitive ] He felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job. conspire with He was convicted of conspiring with the bombers. conspire against They accused their opponents of conspiring against the government.
1. a. : to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or an act which becomes unlawful as a result of the secret agreement. accused of conspiring to overthrow the government. conspired to monopolize and restrict trade. b. : scheme. 2. : to act in harmony toward a common end. Circumstances conspired to defeat his efforts.
If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
to plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes: [ + to infinitive ] He felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job. conspire with He was convicted of conspiring with the bombers.
When you conspire, you collaborate with others to do harm, or maybe just keep something from happening, like a group that conspires to get tuna melts booted from the lunch menu by urging everyone to order other things.
verb. /kənˈspaɪə (r)/ /kənˈspaɪər/ (formal) Verb Forms. [intransitive] to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful. conspire (with somebody) (against somebody) They were accused of conspiring against the king. conspire (together) (to do something) They deny conspiring together to smuggle drugs.
1. to plan or agree on (a crime or harmful act) together in secret. 2. (intr) to act together towards some end as if by design: the elements conspired to spoil our picnic. [C14: from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspīrāre to plot together, literally: to breathe together, from spīrāre to breathe] conˈspirer n.
CONSPIRE definition: 1. to join with other people to secretly plan to do something bad or illegal: 2. If events or a…. Learn more.
Conspire definition: to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal. See examples of CONSPIRE used in a sentence.
Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the verb conspire mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb conspire, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
