How to Use conspiracy in a Sentence

conspiracy

noun
  • They were accused of conspiracy to commit murder.
  • The CIA uncovered a conspiracy against the government.
  • And if the aim of the conspiracy was to place Pentawere on the throne?
    National Geographic, 16 July 2019
  • Holmes is charged with nine counts of fraud and two counts of conspiracy.
    NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Price also faces up to five years in prison for the conspiracy.
    Allan Vought, The Aegis, 29 June 2018
  • There were two different types of conspiracy crime in the case against the men.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
  • This may seem like a stretch; cake and conspiracy are hardly the same thing.
    Maggie Cao, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Holmes faces nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Sisk pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in April and faced up to five years in prison.
    Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al, 20 July 2022
  • All face charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The conspiracy offense carried up to five years in prison.
    Jay Weaver, miamiherald, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The maximum sentence on the conspiracy charge is five years in prison.
    Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • The men ended up with misdemeanor fines but got off on the conspiracy charges.
    Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Pruitt was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health-care fraud.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 12 Dec. 2019
  • He had been charged with four cruelty counts and a conspiracy count.
    Nolan Clay, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the year since the attack, many have plunged into new fights and new conspiracy theories sown in the bloody chaos of that day.
    New York Times, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The remaining conspiracy charge carries a penalty of up to life in prison.
    Fox News, 16 Sep. 2018
  • It’s not just a ruse for these conspiracy groups to raise money, but also to raise hell.
    Jeffrey Glassberg, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Such goes the news cycle, and not every player sees it as a grand conspiracy.
    Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Alex: But this mystery has spilled out of the right-wing conspiracy sphere.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 24 May 2023
  • The story was published by a conspiracy site known for false accounts.
    CBS News, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The jury found Holmes guilty of four of the charges — three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Merlino is the only one so far to go to trial on conspiracy charges.
    Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • His sister faces a maximum of five years in prison for her conspiracy charge.
    al, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Rose pleaded guilty in April to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2022
  • But this is also a movie that, like a lot of conspiracy thrillers, prods you to look a little deeper at a few things.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
  • Howard is charged with murder, arson and three counts of conspiracy.
    USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Nida was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud charges.
    Essence, 14 June 2019
  • Morrow pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    J.c. Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2018
  • Tarrio and four of his lieutenants in the right-wing group have been charged with seditious conspiracy.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 26 Apr. 2023

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