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verschwören — 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.
  • conspire verb To plan something harmful or illegal secretly with others.

Senses

verschwören 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.]
  • conspire (intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.

connive — full definition

  1. verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
  2. verb Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
  3. verb Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
  4. verb To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

conspire — full definition

  1. verb To plan something harmful or illegal secretly with others.
  2. verb To combine or work together to bring about a particular outcome, often used of circumstances rather than people.

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