noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a conspiracy theory (= a theory that an event was the result of secret plan made by two or more people )
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A variety of conspiracy theories question the official account of President Kennedy’s assassination.
conspiracy to defraud (= a secret plan to cheat someone, made by two or more people )
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He faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
criminal
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In the end the sentence-for criminal conspiracy , corruption and bribery-was a compromise.
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Labor began as a criminal conspiracy .
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The little rituals of a nineteenth-century criminal conspiracy .
guilty
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Last month Duriez and Tibbles was found guilty of conspiracy to commit arson.
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Pate pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in September and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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He was found guilty of conspiracy to murder but not guilty of attempted murder.
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Found guilty of seditious conspiracy and possession of illegal weapons, they are serving prison terms ranging from 35 to 105 years.
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Another Leeds player, defender Michael Duberry, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
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Williams pleaded guilty to conspiracy Jan. 28 and is awaiting sentencing.
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The three defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to possess drugs. 9 February was set for sentencing.
international
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Two of the accused nurses told the court they were forced to confess to an international conspiracy under torture.
■ NOUN
charge
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Wain's father Robert, 48, of Southend on Sea, was cleared of handling and conspiracy charges .
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Yahweh and six followers had been convicted in May of federal conspiracy charges .
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Pate pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in September and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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Superior Court Judge William Pounders dismissed the conspiracy charge and declared a mistrial in the case of the other 12 counts.
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McVeigh, 27, and Nichols, 40, could face the death penalty if convicted on federal murder and conspiracy charges .
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He also faces two other conspiracy charges with Annette Tibbles from Northampton.
theorist
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But two or three unusual features of last week's cut fired the imagination of New York's conspiracy theorists .
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But conspiracy theorists have argued over the years that Oswald was an agent manipulated by Moscow.
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A particular theorist may argue with the interpretations of other conspiracy theorists, because by no means all theorists agree with one another.
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Like our late twentieth-century conspiracy theorists , Dooner starts with a few facts, disguising his fiction as straight social history.
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The conspiracy theorists might have a point.
theory
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Swanson knows his conspiracy theories , and his portrait of Dallas, mainly rancid, saves you the trip.
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These people have enough conspiracy theories on their plates.
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This more sophisticated and rationally expressed conspiracy theory of anti-semitism was combined with gutter racist anti-semitic abuse in its publications.
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The militia is really a direct-mail marketing operation for conspiracy theory videos and a busy interchange on the information superhighway.
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The air is thick with conspiracy theories whenever the regime feels threatened.
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If the gay gene is in the mitochondria, then a conspiracy theory springs to the devious minds of Hurst and Haig.
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Alex, however, subscribes to the standard conspiracy theory that the authorities undermine anyone investigating these sensitive areas.
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Those blacks dedicated to conspiracy theories see white devils behind the murders of both Shakur and Wallace.
■ VERB
cause
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A man and a woman were charged on April 15 with conspiracy to cause explosions and with possession of explosives and arms.
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Another 40 people are facing charges of riot and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
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They are jointly charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and possessing Semtex and six assault rifles on or before April 13.
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Lord and Murray also denied conspiracy to cause violent disorder.
commit
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Seven men, all from Bristol, admitted conspiracy to commit arson.
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He said he questioned whether there was enough evidence to convict his client on conspiracy to commit murder.
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Last month Duriez and Tibbles was found guilty of conspiracy to commit arson.
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Richard Duriez from oxford is charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage following that raid.
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All three were charged with conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to commit forgery, and false accounting.
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The youngsters have been charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage with intent to endanger life.
convict
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He was also convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice and interfering with witnesses.
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He said he questioned whether there was enough evidence to convict his client on conspiracy to commit murder.
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Mr Gray was convicted last year of conspiracy to supply heroin and ecstasy.
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Three have been convicted on fraud or conspiracy charges, including the McDougals and former Arkansas Gov.
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If convicted of conspiracy , Odeh and Wadih El-Hage, 40, could get life terms.
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Nichols could be sentenced to death if convicted of murder, conspiracy and weapons counts.
defraud
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They were charged with conspiracy to defraud the race course.
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The same test applies now throughout the Theft Acts and in conspiracy to defraud .
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Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Castle Grande was part of a conspiracy to defraud Madison.
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Maxwell, 36, a former Mirror Group executive, was also in court this month, charged with conspiracy to defraud .
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Derek Hatton, Liverpool council's former deputy leader, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the city's ratepayers.
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He still faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud .
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Maxwell brothers charged with conspiracy to defraud Kevin and Ian Maxwell have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to defraud.
face
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They faced charges of conspiracy , murder, and contravention of the Aviation Security Act of 1982.
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All face conspiracy , explosives and weapons charges.
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He also faces two other conspiracy charges with Annette Tibbles from Northampton.
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Ku, 49, of San Jose, was told he faced charges of conspiracy and firearms smuggling and dealing.
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Hernandez, as the chief spy, is facing a murder conspiracy charge for their deaths.
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The brothers also face a conspiracy charge.
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They face theft and conspiracy charges.
find
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Last month Duriez and Tibbles was found guilty of conspiracy to commit arson.
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He was found guilty of conspiracy to murder but not guilty of attempted murder.
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The three defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to possess drugs. 9 February was set for sentencing.
murder
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He was found guilty of conspiracy to murder but not guilty of attempted murder.
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The convictions included murder , conspiracy to murder, racketeering and conspiracy to distribute drugs in prison.
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McCrory, Green and Doherty denied a similar conspiracy to murder Norris.
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He was acquitted on a count of conspiracy to murder .
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Brothers Mustafa and Mahmoud Mougrabi received one year and six years respectively for conspiracy to murder .
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A possible answer emerged last week when Rizvi was arrested at his plush Bombay home and charged with conspiracy to murder .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Reynolds was charged with conspiracy against the government.
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There was a conspiracy to defraud the company of millions of dollars.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Being something of a conspiracy buff, I believe this deal has been in the offing for quite some time.
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But how this complaint lines up with the alleged conspiracy and fraudulent conduct is not clear to me.
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He was entranced by his own thoughts, and dazzled by the elegant simplicity of his conspiracy theories.
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In this way, the strategy proceeds from the same antisemitic assumptions and stereotypes as the more familiar and anti-Zionist conspiracy theories.
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The charges included racketeering, conspiracy , bank fraud, securities fraud, misapplication of funds and interstate transportation of stolen property.
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The convictions included murder, conspiracy to murder, racketeering and conspiracy to distribute drugs in prison.