conspire

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·spire [conspire conspires conspired conspiring] BrE [kənˈspaɪə(r)] NAmE [kənˈspaɪər] verb
(formal)
1. intransitive to secretly plan with other people to do sth illegal or harmful
•~ (with sb) (against sb) They were accused of conspiring against the king.
•~ (together) (to do sth) They deny conspiring together to smuggle drugs.
•~ (with sb) (to do sth) She admitted conspiring with her lover to murder her husband.
2. intransitive (of events)to seem to work together to make sth bad happen
•~ against sb/sth Circumstances had conspired against them.
•~ to do sth Everything conspired to make her life a misery.
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare ‘agree, plot’, from con- ‘together with’ + spirare ‘breathe’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  collude, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate