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Verschwörung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • collusion noun A secret agreement between people or groups to work together dishonestly, often while pretending to be rivals.
  • conspiracy noun A secret plan made by two or more people to do something harmful or illegal.

Senses

Verschwörung is used for these senses in English:

  • collusion A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.
  • conspiracy (legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  • conspiracy (loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

conspiracy — full definition

  1. noun A secret plan made by two or more people to do something harmful or illegal.
  2. noun A theory claiming that a secret group is responsible for an event, often without solid evidence.

Related German words