What is "conspiracy"

Conspiracy \Con*spir"a*cy\, n.; pl. Conspiracies. [See Conspiration.]

1. A combination of people for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.

   When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to point.
   --Chaucer.

   They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah].
   --2 Kings xiv. 19.

   I had forgot that foul conspiracy

   Of the beast Caliban and his confederates.
   --Shak.

2. A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.

   A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things.
   --Sir P. Sidney.

3. (Law) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.

   Syn: Combination; plot; cabal.

mid-14c., from Anglo-French conspiracie, Old French conspiracie "conspiracy, plot," from Latin conspirationem (nominative conspiratio) "agreement, union, unanimity," noun of action from conspirare (see conspire); earlier in same sense was conspiration (early 14c.), from French conspiration (13c.), from Latin conspirationem. An Old English word for it was facengecwis. As a term in law, from 1863. Conspiracy theory is from 1909.

n. 1 The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. 2 (context legal English) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. 3 A group of ravens. 4 (context linguistics English) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.

1. n. a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [syn: confederacy]

2. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) [syn: cabal]

3. a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [syn: confederacy]

Conspiracy or conspirator may refer to:

Conspiracy is a name of a concept album by King Diamond, being the second part of a story that begun on the album "Them". It was released in 1989. The song "Cremation" appears in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend.

Conspiracy was the last album to feature original drummer Mikkey Dee (however, he was only a studio musician at that time).

"Conspiracy" is the 25th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, originally aired on May 9, 1988, in the United States. The premise was conceived by the show's creator Gene Roddenberry in a single sentence overview titled "The Assassins", being expanded into a thirty page story by Robert Sabaroff. From this, the teleplay was produced by Tracy Tormé and the episode directed by Cliff Bole.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D. Following a meeting with a fellow Captain, the strange behavior of high-ranking officers leads Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the Enterprise to uncover a conspiracy of senior Starfleet officers possessed by parasitical aliens who are preparing to invade the United Federation of Planets.

Numerous make-up effects were created by make-up supervisor Michael Westmore, including an exploding head using raw meat. There were concerns by producers that some of the effects were too graphic, but after a viewing by a staff member's son, they decided to broadcast it uncut. The episode has subsequently been included in some best episode lists of the series, and won one of three Primetime Emmy Awards for The Next Generation's first season. Controversial when originally broadcast, it was initially banned from broadcast in the United Kingdom, and required a warning before airing in Canada.

Conspiracy was a progressive rock band founded by Chris Squire (then bassist in Yes) and Billy Sherwood (formerly and subsequently of Yes). The band released two albums: Conspiracy (2000) and The Unknown (2003), and a live DVD (2006).

Conspiracy is a 1973 board game made by Milton Bradley. It can be played by 3 or 4 people, and the main goal is to bring a suitcase to their own headquarters through the use of spies.

The Conspiracy is an alliance of five fictional super powered villains appearing in comic books published by American publisher, Marvel Comics.

Conspiracy is a 1930 American Pre-Code mystery melodrama film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures and directed by Christy Cabanne. It is the second adaptation of the play The Conspiracy by Robert B. Baker and John Emerson and stars Bessie Love and Ned Sparks.

Conspiracy is a 2000 Hong Kong sex film directed by Shu-Pui Hou and produced by Chun Fai Lau, starring Bessie Chan, Simon Lui, Michael Tse, Sophie Ngan, Peter Lai, and Gai-keung Si. The film premiered in Hong Kong on 6 July 2000.

Conspiracy is a 1939 American spy drama film directed by Lew Landers, from a screenplay by Jerome Chodorov, based on the story, "Salute to Hate", by John McCarthy and Faith Thomas. The film stars Allan Lane, Linda Hayes, and Robert Barrat, and was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, who premiered the film in New York City on August 23, 1939, with a general release on September 1.

Conspiracy is a BBC/ HBO television film which dramatizes the 1942 Wannsee Conference. The film delves into the psychology of Nazi officials involved in the " Final Solution of the Jewish Question" during World War II.

The movie was written by Loring Mandel, directed by Frank Pierson, and starred an ensemble cast, including Colin Firth, David Threlfall, Kenneth Branagh as Reinhard Heydrich and Stanley Tucci as Adolf Eichmann. Branagh won an Emmy Award for Best Actor, and Tucci was awarded a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Eichmann.

Conspiracy is a Hungarian demogroup founded in late 2002. Being an amalgamation of various other groups, founding members were members of demogroups Digital Dynamite, Inquisition and Ümlaüt Design.

Although a relatively new group, Conspiracy has already received critical acclaim within the demoscene. Their first production, "Project Genesis", was released during the week of Easter 2003 at the Breakpoint demoparty and received first place in the 64kb category. With the exception of SE2004, Conspiracy has consistently placed first in every 64kb competition they've entered until 2006, including their 2005 intro, "Binary Flow" released at Breakpoint 2005.

The group faced a first major defeat at Breakpoint 2006, when "Memento" came only second behind Fairlight's "Meet the Family". Coincidentally, it was their first intro not to feature their eight-pointed star logo anywhere in the intro. While the group couldn't strike back at FLT at Assembly later that year, their intro Chaos Theory, which featured a much harder, uptempo style than the usual, became one of their most critically acclaimed productions to date, winning a Scene.org Award the next year and being selected to be screened at SIGGRAPH 2007. __NOTOC__

In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future. Criminal law in some countries or for some conspiracies may require that at least one overt act must also have been undertaken in furtherance of that agreement, to constitute an offense. There is no limit on the number participating in the conspiracy and, in most countries, no requirement that any steps have been taken to put the plan into effect (compare attempts which require proximity to the full offence). For the purposes of concurrence, the actus reus is a continuing one and parties may join the plot later and incur joint liability and conspiracy can be charged where the co-conspirators have been acquitted or cannot be traced. Finally, repentance by one or more parties does not affect liability – unless, in some cases, it occurs before the parties have committed overt acts – but may reduce their sentence.

A civil conspiracy or collusion is an agreement between two or more parties to deprive a third party of legal rights or deceive a third party to obtain an illegal objective. A conspiracy may also refer to a group of people who make an agreement to form a partnership in which each member becomes the agent or partner of every other member and engage in planning or agreeing to commit some act. It is not necessary that the conspirators be involved in all stages of planning or be aware of all details. Any voluntary agreement and some overt act by one conspirator in furtherance of the plan are the main elements necessary to prove a conspiracy. A conspiracy may exist whether legal means are used to accomplish illegal results, or illegal means used to accomplish something legal. "Even when no crime is involved, a civil action for conspiracy may be brought by the persons who were damaged."

In the law of tort, the legal elements necessary to establish a civil conspiracy are substantially the same as for establishing a criminal conspiracy, i.e. there is an agreement between two or more natural persons to break the law at some time in the future or to achieve a lawful aim by unlawful means. The criminal law often requires one of the conspirators to take an overt step to accomplish the illegal act to demonstrate the reality of their intention to break the law, whereas in a civil conspiracy, an overt act towards accomplishing the wrongful goal may not be required. Etymologically, the term comes from Latin con- "with, together", and spirare "to breathe".

Conspiracy'' (Spanish:Conspiración'') is a 1927 Mexican silent drama film directed by Manuel R. Ojeda.

Conspiracy is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A. (Including The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Cease, Trife and Larceny of The Snakes, Lil' Kim, Nino Brown, Chico Del Vec, Kleptomaniac, Capone, Bugsy). It was released on August 29, 1995 by Undeas Recordings and Big Beat Records. The album debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200, selling 69,000 copies in its first week. The album is now out of print.

Upon its release, the album garnered much attention, gaining hype with the release of singles such as "Get Money" and "Players Anthem". The album features rapper The Notorious B.I.G., who contributes to the album's production in addition to appearing on four of the album's tracks, as well as being its lead songwriter. The album's third single "Get Money", contains a sample from "You Can't Turn Me Away" performed by Sylvia Striplin. The album has been certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Conspiracy is a 2008 American action film written and directed by Adam Marcus and stars Val Kilmer and Jennifer Esposito. The film is influenced by the classic western film noir thriller Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), which itself was an adaptation of a short story "Bad Time at Honda" by Howard Breslin. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on March 18, 2008.

Whilst Bad Day at Black Rock tells the story of wounded WWII vet John J. MacReedy, Conspiracy revolves around William "Spooky" Macpherson, a disabled special operations marine wounded during combat operations in Iraq. When MacPherson decides to visit a friend on a ranch in the southwest, he discovers that his friend has disappeared, and no one will acknowledge that he ever lived there.

The film was shot in Galisteo, New Mexico in 30 days on April 19 and May 19, 2007.

Conspiracy is the second album by the German singer Michael Bormann. Many of the songs that appear on this recording were meant for Jaded Heart's eighth album, but once Bormann was fired from the band the demoed songs were slightly redone and used on Conspiracy.

The album and songs from it were nominated twelve times in the 50th Grammy Awards, but did not manage to make the final five for their categories. The nominations were: