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Conspire

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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Interact 76% connected

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plot 76% connected

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

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Collusion 74% connected

A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Collusion 74% connected

A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

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Collusive 74% connected

Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.

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Collusive 74% connected

Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.

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Connivance 74% connected

Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.

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Connivance 74% connected

Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.

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Conspiracy 74% connected

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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Conspiracy 74% connected

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.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cabal 92% connected

Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Collude 92% connected

To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Complot 92% connected

A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conjure 92% connected

To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Machinate 92% connected

To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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