Noun

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

Derived terms

• conspiracy theory

Related terms

• conspire
• conspirator

Types of conspiracies

• Cabal, an association between religious, political, or tribal officials to further their own ends, usually by intrigue
• Conspiracy (civil), an agreement between persons to deceive, mislead, or defraud others of their legal rights, or to gain an unfair advantage
• Conspiracy (crime), an agreement between persons to break the law in the future, in some cases having committed an act to further that agreement
• Conspiracy (political), a plot to overthrow a government

Music

• Conspiracy (band), a progressive rock band founded by Billy Sherwood and Chris Squire
• Conspiracy (Junior M.A.F.I.A. album), by the hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A.
• Conspiracy (King Diamond album), by the heavy metal band King Diamond
• Conspiracy No. 5, an album by the Christian rock band Third Day
• "Conspiracy", a song by the pop-punk band Paramore from their album All We Know Is Falling
• Conspiracy Music, an independent record label

Sourced

• I am one of those who do not believe the national debt is a national blessing... it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country.
  • Andrew Jackson, Letter to L. H. Coleman of Warrenton, N.C., 29 April 1824

• The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
  • Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in his novel Coningsby, or the New Generation (1844), Chapter XV

• Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
  • Woodrow Wilson, The New Freedom (1913), Doubleday, pp. 13-14

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