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Conspiracy

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.

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Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Band 76% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

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Circle 76% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Game 76% connected

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Plot 76% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Understanding 76% connected

of Understand

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Conspire 74% connected

To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.

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Conspire 74% connected

To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.

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Conspirator 70% connected

One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter.

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Machinator 70% connected

One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

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Plotter 70% connected

One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.

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Cabal 92% connected

Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala

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Confederacy 92% connected

A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

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