conspiracy

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Etymology

The verb conspire generally accepted of coming from the Latin roots con (“with”), and spiro (“I breathe”) — so 'to conspire' literally means 'to breathe together'.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈspirəsiː/

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Noun

conspiracy (plural conspiracies)

1. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly 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.

Derived terms

• conspiracy theory

Related terms

• conspire
• conspirator

Translations

act of working in secret to obtain some goal

Arabic: مؤامرة (ar) (mu'aamira) f. Bulgarian: заговор (bg) (zágovor) m., съзаклятие (bg) (sâzaklyátie) n., конспирация (bg) (konspirátsiya) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 陰謀 (cmn), 阴谋 (cmn) (yīnmóu) Croatian: zȃvjera (hr) f., ùrota (hr) f. Czech: spiknutí (cs) n. Dutch: samenzwering (nl) f., complot (nl) n. Finnish: salaliitto (fi) French: conspiration (fr) f. German: Verschwörung (de) f., Konspiration (de) f. Hebrew: קנוניה (qnunia) f.; קשר (qesher) m. Hungarian: összeesküvés (hu), konspiráció (hu)

Italian: cospirazione (it) f. Japanese: 密議 (mitsugi), 陰謀 (ja) (inbō) Malay: konspirasi (ms) Marathi: कट (cut) Norwegian: konspirasjon (no) Polish: spisek (pl) m. Portuguese: conspiração (pt) m. Russian: заговор (ru) (zágovor) m., сговор (ru) (sgóvor) m. Serbian: zavera (sr) f. Slovene: zarota f. Spanish: conspiración (es) f. Swedish: komplott (sv) c., konspiration (sv) c. Telugu: కుట్ర (kuTra)

an agreement to break the law

French: conspiration (fr) f. German: verschwörung (de) f.

Manx: cochialg (gv) Russian: сговор (ru) (sgóvor) m.