conspirer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- connive verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
- intrigue noun A secret plot or scheme, often involving deception.
- plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.
- scheme noun A plan for how to do something, especially an organized or official one.
Senses
conspirer is used for these senses in English:
- connive (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]
- intrigue (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- plot (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
- scheme (transitive) To plan; to contrive; to manuever.
connive — full definition
- verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
- verb Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
- verb Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
- verb To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
intrigue — full definition
- noun A secret plot or scheme, often involving deception.
- verb To arouse someone's curiosity or fascination.