conspiring

verb

present participle of conspire
1
as in plotting
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced

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2
as in cooperating
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end foul weather and airline foul-ups seemed to be conspiring to ruin our vacation

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Recent Examples of conspiring For his treachery in conspiring with Gwayne, Daemon claims Corlys as his own prisoner. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 Before the jazz debacle, Ludlow was best known as a former City Council member who pleaded guilty in 2006 to federal charges of conspiring to embezzle union funds for campaign costs. — David K. Li, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026 The victim was found guilty of conspiring to distribute narcotics from 2011 through 2015 while part of a Bronx drug gang known as the 213 Conspiracy, federal officials say. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 Lemon, who has pleaded not guilty, faces charges of conspiring to interfere with religious rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026 Rabbitt said that planning for the deaths took place as far back as June 5, as Steadman and Myers, who lived in the same apartment building, had been allegedly conspiring through texts about their plot. — Matt Foster, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 That March, Stewart was convicted of conspiring with her Merrill Lynch stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, to deceive authorities probing her December 2001 sale of the ImClone stock. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 Tawhedi, 28, pleaded guilty on June 13, 2025, to conspiring and attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 30 July 2026 Four South Florida men found guilty in May of conspiring with ex-Colombian soldiers to assassinate Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, will be sentenced in early February 2027, according to a Miami federal judge’s order on Friday. — Jay Weaver july 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiring
  1. plotting
  2. cooperating
  3. collaborating
  4. uniting
Verb
  • The Voyagers have been skirting this dismal fate for years now, with NASA engineers carefully monitoring each spacecraft’s power supplies and plotting out when to turn off individual instruments to keep the missions going as long as possible.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
  • While this reunion was happening, Juke was watching from a safe distance, plotting.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of plotting
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  • Attorneys representing Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour say despite cooperating with investigators, their clients have effectively become pariahs in their hometown and have been subjected to death threats and defamation.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Watson stayed at the scene for hours, cooperating with law enforcement.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooperating
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  • But at the same time, everyone working on the film had a long history of collaborating with Thomas.
    — JD Linville, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sentry supports this objective by collaborating directly with clients to identify legacy and emerging risks while implementing modernized safety protocols, says Zernicke.
    — Sentry Insurance, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborating
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  • Diamond Sheik Entrepreneur Diamond Sheik built his career by uniting a family legacy with a commitment to innovation.
    — K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • It’s been a rocky go for the tour uniting the funk and soul legends and Lionel Richie, as the start of the trek was briefly paused after Richie became ill mid-concert during the opening night performance in Minneapolis in June.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of uniting

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