conspiracy
noun/kənˈspɪrəsi/
Frequency rank: #2,953 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A secret plan by a group to do something harmful or illegal.
Example sentence
The government was accused of hiding a secret conspiracy to manipulate the election results.
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