a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
Used in a Sentence
conspiracy
How to use conspiracy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for conspiracy.
Editorial note
"When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy.
Examples11
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of conspiracy gathered in one view.
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for conspiracy.
noun
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
See also: confederacy
noun
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
See also: cabal
noun
a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
See also: confederacy
Example sentences
"When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy.
Is this the real PG throwing around conspiracy theories?
Tell someone that there's a lot of American propaganda in Western movies and they'll take you for a conspiracy nut.
Stallman never was a conspiracy crackpot, he always was a visionary.
There's no vast conspiracy dedicated to turning Google evil, no influx of incompetent new PMs & designers.
Made $80mm in commissions running a drug trafficking network, paying hundreds of thousands to have people executed, mail fraud, money laundering, conspiracy....
Everything about this post strikes me as a conspiracy-laden fake, from the typos to wrong terminology to untrue policies to the lack of specific names of people.
There isn't some giant conspiracy to omit facts -- sometimes the person redacts too much, other times they screw up, etc. I've had names redacted on one page, only to appear non-redacted a few pages later.
" It's the same when big media corporations trade in innuendo and conspiracy theories and deliberately sabotage the dissemination of knowledge for their own ends.
Funny how yesterday's "conspiracy crackpot" became today's visionary.
I know that this will remain at the bottom of this thread, because it doesn't have enough conspiracy theory in it, but does anyone really think that this is actual vote tampering?I mean, why on earth would you tamper with a voting machine so that it stuffs the ballot, but have it update the UI so that the user can see and report the error?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use conspiracy in a sentence?
"When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy.
What does conspiracy mean?
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
What part of speech is conspiracy?
conspiracy is commonly used as noun.