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as in complicity
a secret agreement or cooperation between two parties for an illegal or dishonest purpose
a conspiracy among the leading manufacturers to fix prices
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as in scheme
a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends
several generals were engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow the government
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Recent Examples of conspiracy
Ventura and Cortez were found guilty of one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second degree robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit a robbery.
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Seamus Bozeman
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The biases of police investigating her laid the foundation for the defense theory of a local conspiracy to frame Read for O’Keefe’s murder and to protect others who were actually responsible.
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Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
19 June 2026
Rogness has been indicted on conspiracy to conceal objects with the intent to impair their availability for an official proceeding and accessory after the fact.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
Searching for a conspiracy The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission opened in 1956 to protect white supremacy.
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Aram Goudsouzian,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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Seamus Bozeman
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The biases of police investigating her laid the foundation for the defense theory of a local conspiracy to frame Read for O’Keefe’s murder and to protect others who were actually responsible.
—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
19 June 2026
Rogness has been indicted on conspiracy to conceal objects with the intent to impair their availability for an official proceeding and accessory after the fact.
—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
Searching for a conspiracy The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission opened in 1956 to protect white supremacy.
—
Aram Goudsouzian,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for conspiracy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiracy
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The series follows the Black Mafia Family in Detroit and is based on a true story.
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On the surface, the crime drama follows the rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family — one of the most influential crime families in the country.
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The information, which Daniel was hired to protect but now wants to disclose, is footage providing conclusive evidence of the arrival of aliens on Earth, in 1947, and of a seventy-nine-year coverup, with government complicity, by a company called WARDEX, headed by Noah Scanlon (Colin Firth).
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And in 2024, a Paris court sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison for complicity in war crimes.
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The plea agreement reasserts that Lillig engaged in a years-long scheme, but only includes details of one instance of Lillig defrauding the church of $500.
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Warren's letter cites Department of Justice cases alleging third-party schemes diverted hundreds of millions in Nvidia chips, including H100s and H200s, to China.
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At one point, Jessie befriends a gang of tech toys that includes a low-tech potty-training product named Smarty Pants, along with GPS and camera devices Atlas and Snappy.
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Pluverge, an ice cream maker at Taste the Tropics, came to the United States on asylum after he was kidnapped and tortured by gang members in his home country.
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The lawsuit accuses Kalibrate of facilitating cartel-like collusion.
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No one who has observed the Islamic Republic’s treatment of dissent over the past four decades will find the language about foreign collusion surprising.
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The plot was foiled when a suspect’s mother alerted police, court documents said.
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And the plot thickens… as it was buried, interestingly, in a former Roman military settlement, and typically, these were buried in locations infused with the supernatural.
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The following day, the syndicate said its Alexandria branch was closely monitoring developments surrounding the allegations at al-Shatabi Hospital.
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Directed by action veteran Kenji Tanigaki and produced by Bill Kong, the martial arts showcase stars Xie Miao as Wang Wei, an ordinary man who unleashes a relentless rampage against a powerful child trafficking syndicate after his daughter is kidnapped.
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Individuals and groups have often accused the U.S. government of denying their rights, and some of those accusations were irrefutable—as in the century between Appomattox and Selma, when the rights of Black Americans were denied throughout the South with the connivance of Washington.
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But widespread disgust with the mayor’s mendacity and the connivance of eight City Council members is changing the political landscape.
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“Conspiracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiracy. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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