conspiratornoun [ C ]
uk/kənˈspɪr.ə.tər/us/kənˈspɪr.ə.t̬ɚ/someone who conspires with other people to do something
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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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Examples from literature
- It was followed by a succession of wild cries, and with one accord the terror-stricken conspirators made for the highway.
- The astute conspirators had fully laid their plans as to what was to follow.
- The conspirators replied that they would be in readiness.
- Who are the conspirators hailing the Prince as their chief?
- You intend to arrest me as a conspirator!