(conspiracies)
1.
Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
Seven men, all from Bristol, admitted ~ to commit arson...
He believes there probably was a ~ to kill President Kennedy in 1963.
N-VAR: oft N to-inf
2.
A ~ is an agreement between a group of people which other people think is wrong or is likely to be harmful.
There was no evidence to link the brigade to any ~ against Mr Bush.
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf