conspire

3 definitions • 6 examples

to plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes:

[ + to infinitive ] He felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job.

conspire with He was convicted of conspiring with the bombers.

conspire against They accused their opponents of conspiring against the government.

conspire with someone against someone/something As girls, the sisters used to conspire with each other against their brother.

to plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone’s wishes:

[ + to infinitive ] Moore conspired with Graham to rob the bank.

To conspire can also mean to make something happen that is difficult to do:

[ + to infinitive ] They somehow conspired to keep the theater alive when all government funding ended.