English noun: conspiracy | 
| 1.  | conspiracy (communication) a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act | 
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  | Synonyms | confederacy | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | agreement, understanding | 
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  | Narrower (hyponym) | conspiracy of silence | 
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| 2.  | conspiracy (cognition) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | 
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  | Synonyms | cabal | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | game, plot, secret plan | 
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  | Narrower (hyponym) | Gunpowder Plot | 
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  | Domain category | government, political science, politics | 
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| 3.  | conspiracy (group) a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | 
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  | Synonyms | confederacy | 
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  | Broader (hypernym) | band, circle, lot, set | 
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  | Member holonym | coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter | 
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