conspiracy theorynoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈspɪr.ə.si ˌθɪə.ri/us/kənˈspɪr.ə.si ˌθɪr.i/a belief that an unpleasant event or situation is the result of a secret plan made by powerful people
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Plotting & trapping
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots
- catch sb out
- chicanery
- cloak-and-dagger
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- honey trap
- plot
- plotter
- put-up job
- scheme
- set-up
- snare
- sting
- stratagem
- trap
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conspiracy theorist
noun [ C ] ukus
someone who believes in a conspiracy theory