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conspire

 
 
/kənˈspaɪər/ verb

Translation

[I] to join with other people to secretly plan to do something bad or illegal
komplo kurmak, gizli plan yapmak
[+ to do sth] He was convicted of conspiring to blow up the World Trade Center. The king accused his advisers of conspiring against him.1057
conspire against sb; conspire to do sth If events or a situation conspire against you, they cause problems for you.
problem olmak, bozmak, olumsuzluk yaratmak
Circumstances had conspired to ruin her plans.10571862
(Definition of conspire verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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