noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To conspire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, rare
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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