conspire
verb (used without object)
to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal.
have been conspiring
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present perfect progressiveof conspire.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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District Court, the two have been conspiring since at least 2010.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2012
They have been conspiring to set unduly high prices on such services as urinalyses and blood tests, and they have tried to drive nonmembers out of the lucrative lab business.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hertz, Avis and National, said the FTC, have been conspiring since 1968 to freeze competitors out of airport trade, which constitutes 70% of the $700 million-a-year business, and to keep car-rental prices artificially high.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boy-Ed was supposed to have been conspiring with the Mexican General Huerta—an obviously baseless charge, considering that Boy-Ed had never made the acquaintance of the ex-President.
From My Three Years in America by Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff
Ah, so that is what you two have been conspiring over?
From The Westcotes by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
