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за́говор — meaning in English

zagovor

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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.
  • incantation noun A spoken or chanted formula of words believed to have magical power.
  • plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.
  • spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.

Senses

за́говор is used for these senses in English:

  • collusion A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.
  • incantation A formula of words used as above.
  • plot A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]
  • spell A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. [from 16th c.]

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.

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