conspire

verb

con·spire | \ kən-ˈspī(-ə)r

conspired; conspiring

Definition of conspire

1a : 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

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Examples of conspire in a Sentence

conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced foul weather and airline foul-ups seemed to be conspiring to ruin our vacation

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Mueller and a team of prosecutors have been working since May 2017 to determine if any Trump associates conspired with Russia to interfere in the election. — Devlin Barrett And Matt Zapotosky, chicagotribune.com, "12 Russian intelligence officers charged by Mueller in hack of DNC, Clinton emails," 13 July 2018 Mueller and a team of prosecutors have been working since May 2017 to determine if any Trump associates conspired with Russia to interfere in the election. — Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post, "Mueller indicts 12 Russian intelligence officers for allegedly conspiring to hack 2016 U.S. presidential election," 13 July 2018 No one knows if the Phillies and Giants conspired to set a baseball record that nearly a century later still exists. — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, "When and how the Phillies once played nine innings in 51 minutes," 9 July 2018 That's the allegation contained in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Minnesota, accusing some of the nation's biggest pork producers of conspired to fix prices. — Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, "Hormel, Tyson, Smithfield and other major pork producers accused of price-fixing," 28 June 2018 Instead of going down meekly when Tanner Scott and Brad Brach conspired to allow a pair of runs in the eighth inning to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 deficit, the Orioles batted around in the ninth. — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, "Manny Machado hits two-run homer in 15th, Orioles earn 10-7 marathon win over Braves," 23 June 2018 In Florida, a jury was finding a doctor guilty of five federal drug charges, including conspiring to possess and distribute prescription opioids. — Anchorage Daily News, "Unintended consequences: Inside the fallout of America’s crackdown on opioids," 17 June 2018 But as many have pointed out, attorney-client privilege doesn’t apply if the attorney is conspiring to help his client commit crimes or fraud. — Andrew Prokop, Vox, "A theory on why the FBI raided Michael Cohen," 12 Apr. 2018 Bad actors take advantage of both extremes, abusing access to individuals on networks that are too open or freely conspiring on systems that are too closed. — Jessica Donati, WSJ, "Facebook Data Scandal Raises Another Question: Can There Be Too Much Privacy?," 1 Apr. 2018

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