Conservative nosedive maybe involves bit of intrigue after a party member's endless plotting

Usage examples of conspiratorial.

His eye was caught by Mrs Graham, the companion of his journey up to Kalka, and he greeted her, to her satisfaction, with a conspiratorial wink.

American power elite in the rise of Hitler should also be viewed in conjunction with a little-known aspect of Hitlerism only now being explored: the mystical origins of Naziism, and its relations with the Thule Society and with other conspiratorial groups.

Jacob had been hard put not to laugh when he caught the conspiratorial glances that passed between Bubbacub and Millie Martine when the Pil went to pick up his own coded message.

The tomb like depths of the hold, the coffins, the lanterns, the feeling of apprehension and hurry and absorbed concentration that lent an evilly conspiratorial air as the elements were there.

I notice between them a language of glances that eludes me but confirms in my mind the conspiratorial air of the surroundings.

Rhys spun his spanner, loosening the wheel-bolts, and glanced up with a shy conspiratorial grin.

After a while the young man rose conspiratorial smile and a wink at the Blake watched him disappear up the stairs certain of his intent, gave him no more than a before he, too, rose and climbed the stairs.

King, giving Blake a sidelong conspiratorial look which caused him to laugh outright with genuine amusement, the King's words holding some secret meaning known only to those familiar with the ways of the Court.

It was Clive, the young news clerk on the Metro desk, speaking in hushed, conspiratorial tones.

It told how they had stepped over the line of what was permissible at their medical schools, how they'd become obsessed with cloning and gone underground in Arizona, and finally how they'd transformed themselves from a cult of brilliant scientists into a conspiratorial web that used the lure of immortality to reach into the power centers of the country.

Andi gave him a conspiratorial wink, hoping her low opinion of him didn't telegraph too obviously.

For some time now in the Third Section I have been handling the cases of the most extreme and conspiratorial terrorist groups.

The doctor found himself falling into a stance - half avuncular, half conspiratorial -which he adopted with sick children.

Art wondered if Rita might be sheltering at this moment in one of these discreet dwellings, hidden by friendly conspiratorial neighbors until Ann could throw the persecuting husband off the track with some halfway plausible story.

First spoke in a conspiratorial stage whisper that was clearly meant for Chainer alone.