Definition of conspire
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.
- … the sun and the wind conspired to make splinters out of solid wood.
- —B. J. Oliphant
