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French word
conspiration
Pronunciation
IPA/kɔ̃spiʁasjɔ̃/
Meaning
- feminine nounconspiracy
Example
La police a arrêté les membres de la conspiration.
The police arrested those involved in the conspiracy.
More examples
Le procès porte sur une conspiration bancaire.
The trial concerns a banking conspiracy.
Core concept
A concealed plan in which participants join forces to deceive, harm, or gain an unfair advantage.
Common phrases
une conspiration politique
a political conspiracy
accusé de conspiration
accused of conspiracy
Similar words
complot: A secret political or criminal scheme planned by several people.
théorie du complot: An unsubstantiated belief that events are secretly caused by a malicious plot.
Definition in French
Action secrète menée par plusieurs personnes en vue de nuire, tromper ou d'obtenir un avantage par des moyens illégaux.
Word origin
The noun conspiration comes from Latin conspiratio, built from con- meaning together and spirare meaning to breathe.
Usage tips
- French usually uses théorie du complot for a conspiracy theory, while conspiration names the act or plot itself.
Other meanings
- plotnoun
Opposites
- transparencetransparencynoun
Related words
- conspirateurconspiratornoun
- conspiratoireconspiratorialadjective
- conspirerconspireverb