conspiracy

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It is generally accepted that conspire comes from the Latin roots con (with), and spirare (to breathe) — so 'to conspire' literally means 'to breathe together'.

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Singular
conspiracy

Plural
conspiracies

conspiracy (plural conspiracies)

  1. act of two or more persons, conspirators, working in secret to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
  2. (law) an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  3. a group of ravens

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