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Conspire commonly means to secretly plan with multiple other people to do something wrong, evil, or illegal.

Such a plan is called a conspiracy. Conspiracy can also refer to the act of making such plans—the act of conspiring—or to the group making the plans. The people involved can be called conspirators.

In a legal context, conspiracy refers to an agreement by two or more people conspiring to commit a crime.

Conspire can also mean to act together to achieve some result. This use often likens inanimate objects to people engaging in a conspiracy, as in I was on time until the traffic and the weather conspired to make me late.��

Example: In the movie, supervillains conspire to steal all of the world’s bananas.

The first records of the word conspire come from the 1300s. It ultimately derives from the Latin verb ���DzԲ���ī�������, meaning “to act in harmony” or “to conspire.” It comes from the combination of con-, meaning “together,” and ����ī�������, “to breathe.”

When people hear the word conspire, they often think of shady people making shady plans in shady backrooms. The word typically implies both secrecy and evil—people who conspire are usually up to no good and they’re trying to hide it.

A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event that claims it was the result of a secret and often complex and evil plot by multiple people conspiring together. People who promote or formulate conspiracy theories often reject the standard or accepted explanation of unexplained or unusual events and claim that they are the doing of evil conspirators secretly conspiring behind the scenes.

What are some other forms related to conspire?

• conspiracy (noun)
• conspirator (noun)
• conspirer (noun)
• conspiringly (adverb)
• conspiratorial (adjective)

What are some synonyms for conspire?

• plot
• scheme

What are some words that share a root or word element with conspire?��

• conspiracy theory
• spirit

What are some words that often get used in discussing conspire?

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• against
• commit
• multiple
• scheme
• plan
• evil
• secret

Conspire is usually used negatively. But it can also be used to refer to people working together in secret to do something that’s not so evil—like when your friends conspire to throw you a surprise party.

The PC affidavit is nearly identical to the one for Chad Daybell. But this page stands out. It says CD, Lori Vallow & Alex Cox conspired to commit crime of concealing & destroying/altering evidence they knew would be produced as evidence in trial.

— Justin Lum (@jlumfox10)

How did an ordinary, hard-working American woman end up conspiring with Chinese intelligence agents?

— The Economist’s 1843 magazine (@1843mag)

Feeling overwhelmingly lonely for friendship, but college/work/health are always conspiring against me. I'd just love a cup of coffee and a good chat, more then anything.

— Dee Clarke (@dejaysus)

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Is conspire used correctly in the following sentence?

Several top-ranking officials were found to have conspired in the bribery scheme.