CONSPIRE


Meaning of CONSPIRE in English

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

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