nnoun.communicationa secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful actSynset:confederacy
Derivationally Related Form:conspireconspiratorial
Hypernyms:agreement understanding
Inherited Hypernyms:conspiracyagreementstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:conspiracy of silence
Full Hyponyms:conspiracy of silence
nnoun.cognitiona plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)Topic:governmentpolitical sciencepolitics
Synset:cabal
Derivationally Related Form:cabalconspire
Hypernyms:game plot secret plan
Inherited Hypernyms:conspiracyplotschemeplan of actionplanideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Gunpowder Plot
Full Hyponyms:gunpowder plot
nnoun.groupa group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purposeSynset:confederacy
Derivationally Related Form:conspiratorial
Hypernyms:band circle lot set
Inherited Hypernyms:conspiracysetsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Member Meronyms:coconspirator conspirator machinator plotter