(~s, conspiring, ~d)
1.
If two or more people or groups ~ to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
They’d ~d 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 ~ to produce a particular result, they seem to work together to cause this result.
History and geography have ~d to bring Greece to a moment of decision...
But fateful forces beyond the band’s control were to ~ against them.
= combine
VERB: V to-inf, V against n