Standard Lemma guide

conspiracy

noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Australian, Canada, UK, US: /kənˈspɪɹəsi/
  • California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /kənˈspəɹəsi/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S P IH1 R AH0 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A secret agreement to do something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A group of ravens.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, countable, rare, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A group of lemurs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, countable, rare, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, proscribed, uncountable

Qualifier: by ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To conspire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cabal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plot, secret plan, game

Narrower terms: Gunpowder Plot

11

noun

Meaning 11

a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confederacy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agreement, understanding

Narrower terms: conspiracy of silence

12

noun

Meaning 12

a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confederacy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set, circle, band, lot

History

Etymology

From Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman conspiracie, from Latin cōnspīrātiō, from conspire + -acy.

Across languages

Translations

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sameswering — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Albanian: përbetim — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Arabic: مُؤَامِرَة (muʔāmira) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Arabic: مُوَاطَأَة (muwāṭaʔa) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Armenian: դավադրություն (davadrutʻyun) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Azerbaijani: sui-qəsd — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Belarusian: змо́ва (zmóva) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Betawi: kongkalikong — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Betawi: patgulipat — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Bulgarian: за́говор (zágovor) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Bulgarian: съзакля́тие (sǎzakljátie) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Bulgarian: конспира́ция (konspirácija) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Catalan: conspiració — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰謀 /阴谋 (yīnmóu) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Czech: spiknutí — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Danish: konspiration — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Danish: sammensværgelse — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Dutch: samenzwering — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Dutch: samenspanning — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Dutch: conspiratie — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Dutch: complot — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Esperanto: konspiro — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Estonian: vandenõu — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Finnish: salaliitto — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Finnish: vehkeily — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • French: conspiration — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • French: complot — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Galician: conspiración — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Georgian: შეთქმულება (šetkmuleba) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Georgian: კონსპირაცია (ḳonsṗiracia) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • German: Verschwörung — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • German: Konspiration — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Greek: συνωμοσία (synomosía) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Greek: δολοπλοκία (doloplokía) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Ancient Greek: συνωμοσία (sunōmosía) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Hebrew: קְנוּנִיָה (knuniyá) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Hebrew: קֶשֶׁר (késher) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Hindi: षड्यंत्र (ṣaḍyantra) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Hindi: साज़िश (sāziś) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Hungarian: összeesküvés — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Hungarian: konspiráció — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Icelandic: samsæri — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Indonesian: konspirasi — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Indonesian: komplot — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Irish: comhcheilg — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Irish: comhchogar — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Italian: cospirazione — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Japanese: 密議 (mitsugi) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Japanese: 陰謀 (inbō) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Kannada: ಷಡ್ಯಂತ್ರ (ṣaḍyantra) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Kannada: ಪಿತೂರಿ (pitūri) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Korean: 음모 (eummo) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Kyrgyz: кутум (kutum) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Latin: coniūrātiō — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Latvian: sazvērestība — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Lithuanian: sąmokslas — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Macedonian: заговор (zagovor) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Macedonian: завера (zavera) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Malay: konspirasi — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Malayalam: ഗൂഢാലോചന (gūḍhālōcana) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Māori: kara — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Māori: kakai — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Marathi: कट (kaṭ) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Marathi: कारस्थान (kārasthān) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Marathi: षडयंत्र (ṣaḍyantra) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Norman: compliot — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konspirasjon — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konspirasjon — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Old English: facengecwis — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Persian: دسیسهچینی — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Persian: توطئه (towte'e) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Polish: spisek — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Polish: konspiracja — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Polish: knucie — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Polish: zmowa — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Polish: podziemie — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Portuguese: conspiração — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Portuguese: complô — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Romanian: conspirație — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Russian: за́говор (zágovor) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Russian: сго́вор (sgóvor) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Scottish Gaelic: comh-rùn — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: за̑вера — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: за̑вјера — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀рота — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȃvera — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȃvjera — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùrota — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Slovak: sprisahanie — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Slovak: spiknutie — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Slovene: zarota — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Spanish: conspiración — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Spanish: contubernio — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Swahili: njama — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Swedish: komplott — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Swedish: konspiration — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Tagalog: sabwatan — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Tamil: சதி (cati) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Telugu: కుట్ర (kuṭra) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Turkish: desise — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Turkish: kumpas — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Turkish: muamere — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Ukrainian: змо́ва (zmóva) — act of working in secret to obtain some goal
  • Afrikaans: sameswering — an agreement to break the law
  • Afrikaans: komplot — an agreement to break the law
  • Arabic: دَسِيسَة (dasīsa) — an agreement to break the law
  • Armenian: դավադրություն (davadrutʻyun) — an agreement to break the law
  • Azerbaijani: sui-qəsd — an agreement to break the law
  • Belarusian: змо́ва (zmóva) — an agreement to break the law
  • Bulgarian: за́говор (zágovor) — an agreement to break the law
  • Chinese Cantonese: 串謀 /串谋 (cyun3 mau4) — an agreement to break the law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰謀 /阴谋 (yīnmóu) — an agreement to break the law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 串謀 /串谋 (chuànmóu) — an agreement to break the law
  • Czech: spiknutí — an agreement to break the law
  • Danish: sammensværgelse — an agreement to break the law
  • Danish: komplot — an agreement to break the law
  • Dutch: samenzwering — an agreement to break the law
  • Dutch: complot — an agreement to break the law
  • Esperanto: komploto — an agreement to break the law
  • Finnish: salahanke — an agreement to break the law
  • French: conspiration — an agreement to break the law
  • French: complot — an agreement to break the law
  • Georgian: შეთქმულება (šetkmuleba) — an agreement to break the law
  • German: Verschwörung — an agreement to break the law
  • Greek: συνωμοσία (synomosía) — an agreement to break the law
  • Hindi: षड्यंत्र (ṣaḍyantra) — an agreement to break the law
  • Hindi: साज़िश (sāziś) — an agreement to break the law
  • Hungarian: összeesküvés — an agreement to break the law
  • Indonesian: permufakatan jahat — an agreement to break the law
  • Indonesian: persekongkolan — an agreement to break the law
  • Irish: comhcheilg — an agreement to break the law
  • Italian: cospirazione — an agreement to break the law
  • Japanese: 陰謀 (inbō) — an agreement to break the law
  • Khmer: ការសមគំនិត (karsâmkumnĭt) — an agreement to break the law
  • Korean: 음모 (eummo) — an agreement to break the law
  • Macedonian: заговор (zagovor) — an agreement to break the law
  • Manx: co-chialg — an agreement to break the law
  • Marathi: द्रोह (droh) — an agreement to break the law
  • Persian: دسیسه (dasise) — an agreement to break the law
  • Polish: spisek — an agreement to break the law
  • Portuguese: formação de quadrilha — an agreement to break the law
  • Romanian: conspirație — an agreement to break the law
  • Russian: сго́вор (sgóvor) — an agreement to break the law
  • Russian: за́говор (zágovor) — an agreement to break the law
  • Serbo-Croatian: за̑вера — an agreement to break the law
  • Serbo-Croatian: за̑вјера — an agreement to break the law
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȃvera — an agreement to break the law
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȃvjera — an agreement to break the law
  • Slovak: spiknutie — an agreement to break the law
  • Slovak: sprisahanie — an agreement to break the law
  • Slovene: zarota — an agreement to break the law
  • Tagalog: sabwatan — an agreement to break the law
  • Turkish: desise — an agreement to break the law
  • Turkish: tuzak — an agreement to break the law
  • Ukrainian: змо́ва (zmóva) — an agreement to break the law
  • Vietnamese: cuộc âm mưu — an agreement to break the law
  • Vietnamese: cuộc mưu hại — an agreement to break the law
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