{
    "term": "conspiracy",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal",
            "sensetop": "conspiracy (to do something)conspiracy against somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a conspiracy to overthrow the government",
                    "contextForm": "conspiracy (to do something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were charged with conspiracy to murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "conspiracies against the president",
                    "contextForm": "conspiracy against somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **conspiracy of silence** *(= an agreement not to talk publicly about something that should be made public)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's the sort of person who sees a conspiracy around every corner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I suspected that he was involved in the conspiracy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Officials have uncovered a conspiracy to discredit the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a conspiracy of silence about the killer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This action was part of a conspiracy to deceive the public."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who organized the conspiracy against the president?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a conspiracy against the king"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She believed there was a conspiracy between law enforcement and some casinos."
                },
                {
                    "text": "charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He claimed there had been a conspiracy to overthrow the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There had been several conspiracies against the president."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There seems to be a conspiracy of silence on this matter."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment", "War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "larger"],
                "verb + conspiracy": ["be involved in", "join", "be part of"],
                "conspiracy + noun": ["theory", "charge"],
                "preposition": ["conspiracy against", "conspiracy between"],
                "phrases": ["a conspiracy of silence"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈspɪrəsi/",
                "audio": "xc/conspiracy/xconspiracy__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈspɪrəsi/",
                "audio": "xc/conspiracy/xconspiracy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French conspiracie, alteration of Old French conspiration, based on Latin conspirare ‘agree, plot’, from con- ‘together with’ + spirare ‘breathe’."
}