conspire
verb [I] /kənˈspaɪər/
/-ˈspaɪr/ Definition
› to plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes: [+ to infinitive] He felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job. As girls, the sisters used to conspire with each other against their brother.Plotting and trappingPlanning, expecting and arrangingCheating and tricking
(Definition of conspire verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Affected & insincere
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- Cheating & tricking
- Dishonest
- Dishonest people
- Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
- Faking & pretending
- Honesty, openness & sincerity
- Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- Loyal, faithful & dependable
- Naive & trusting
- Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- Sly & devious
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots noun
- catch sb out phrasal verb (TRICK)
- chicanery noun
- cloak-and-dagger adjective
- conspirator noun
- entrap verb
- entrapment noun
- hatch verb (PLAN)
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- honey trap noun
- plotter noun (PERSON)
- pretext noun
- put-up job noun
- scheme noun
- scheme verb
- set-up noun (TRICK)
- sting noun (GETTING STH)
- trap noun (STH THAT PREVENTS ESCAPE)
- wheeze noun (PLAN)
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