transcription, транскрипция: [ kənspaɪə(r) ]
( conspires, conspiring, conspired)
1.
If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
They’d conspired to overthrow the government...
...a defendant convicted of conspiring with his brother to commit robberies...
I had a persecution complex and thought people were conspiring against me.
= plot
V-RECIP : pl-n V to-inf , V with n to-inf , pl-n V against n , also V with n
2.
If events conspire to produce a particular result, they seem to work together to cause this result.
History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision...
But fateful forces beyond the band’s control were to conspire against them.
= combine
VERB : V to-inf , V against n