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English word conspiracy comes from Latin spirare, Latin con-, and later Latin conspiro ((music) I sound in unison. I plot or conspire.)
spirare (Latin)
con- (Latin)
Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word.
conspiro (Latin)
(music) I sound in unison. I plot or conspire.
conspiratio (Latin)
Plot, mutiny, conspiracy. Union, unanimity, concord, harmony.
conspiracie (Old French)
conspiracy (English)
(legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.. (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.. A group of ravens.. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.