conspiratorial
adjective
relating to or being a conspiracy, a secretive plan that is unlawful, harmful, or evil.
conspiratory
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a variation of
conspiratorial.
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a word derived from
conspiracy.
Example Sentences
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When he learns that I live in New York, Ridha Mohammed leans toward me and lowers his voice to a conspiratory whisper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mary Queen of Scots wrote conspiratory messages in cipher; when intercepted and interpreted by England's first great cryptanalyst, Thomas Phelippes, they helped bring Mary to the chopping block.
From Time Magazine Archive
On October 10th a conspiratory meeting of the Central Committee of our party took place, with Lenin present.
From From October to Brest-Litovsk by Leon Davidovich Trotzky
That such a secret conspiratory body exists has been charged from time to time during more than a century, yet not a particle of evidence to sustain the charge has ever been produced.
From The Jew and American Ideals by John Spargo
And, rightly enough, the attitude of the masses toward the secret and conspiratory methods of both the idealist anarchist and the materialist anarchist is the same.
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter
