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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Conspiracy \Con*spir"a*cy\, n.; pl. {Conspiracies}. [See
{Conspiration}.]
1. A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement,
between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert,
as treason; a plot.
When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to
point. --Chaucer.
They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah]. --2 Kings
xiv. 19.
I had forgot that foul conspiracy
Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. --Shak.
2. A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to
one event, as if by agreement.
A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
3. (Law) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds,
by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful
act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful;
confederacy.
Syn: Combination; plot; cabal.
資料來源 : WordNet®
conspiracy
n 1: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an
unlawful act [syn: {confederacy}]
2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially
a political plot) [syn: {cabal}]
3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some
harmful or illegal purpose [syn: {confederacy}]