conspiration

American  

[kon-spuh-rey-shuhn] / ˌkɒn spəˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. joint effort.

2. Obsolete. conspiracy.

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Other Word Forms

• conspirational adjective

Etymology

Origin of conspiration

1275–1325; Middle English conspiracioun < Anglo-French; Middle French conspiration < Latin conspīrātiōn- (stem of conspīrātiō ), equivalent to conspīrāt ( us ) (past participle of conspīrāre to conspire ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

In December, Napoleon hurried to Paris, crushed Malet's conspiration against him, and called for a new conscription of three hundred and fifty thousand men.

From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various

Bien qu'�trangers � toute conspiration, leur vertu les fit soup�onner d'�tre peu favorables � Commode; ils furent proscrits et moururent ensemble comme ils avaient v�cu.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

And if, by some marvellous conspiration of providences, Scotland passed through all this without ruin, was Knox prepared to face the more tremendous responsibilities of success?

From John Knox by Innes, A. Taylor

Proc�s instruit par la cour de justice criminelle contre Georges, Pichegru, Moreau et autres pr�venus de conspiration contre la personne du Premier Consul.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

The conspiration now framed an accusation against me of a conduct which I had never conceived even in idea, of rendering assistance to Rajah Cheyt Sing.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund