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conspired

v.
C1 Advanced US //kənˈspaɪɝd// UK //kənspˈaɪəd// con·spired

v. to work together secretly to do something wrong or illegal. Sometimes, it also describes how different events or situations seem to join together to cause a bad result for you.

v. to plan secretly with others to commit an unlawful or harmful act. In a figurative sense, it describes circumstances or events that seem to act in concert toward a specific, often negative, outcome.


SIMPLE

The rainy weather and a flat tire conspired to ruin our picnic.

CONTEXTUAL

Several high-ranking officials conspired to hide the truth about the company's financial losses from the public.

COMPLEX

Historians still debate whether the rival factions actively conspired to overthrow the king or if they were simply opportunistic during a period of extreme civil unrest.

Synonyms
Usage

Intransitive; typically followed by the preposition 'against' or an infinitive 'to' phrase.

Pitfall

They conspired the murder.They conspired to commit the murder.Conspire is intransitive and cannot take a direct object; it requires an infinitive or a prepositional phrase.

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