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Conspiracy

a secret or known agreement between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act or to accomplish a lawful end by unlawful means.

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noun, plural conspiracies.1.the act of conspiring.2.an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret bytwo or more persons; plot.3.a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose4.an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.5.any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.

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synonyms

1. collusion, sedition. 2. Conspiracy, plot, intrigue, cabal all refer to surreptitious or covert schemes to accomplish some end, most often an evil one. A conspiracy usually involves a group entering into a secret agreement to achieve some

illicit or harmful objective: a vicious conspiracy to control prices. A plot is a carefully planned secret scheme, usually by a small number of persons, to secure sinister ends: a plot to seize control of a company. An intrigue usually involves duplicity and deceit aimed at achieving either personal advantage or criminal or treasonous objectives: the petty intrigues of civil servants. Cabal refers either to a plan by a small group of highly-placed persons to overthrow or control a government, or to the group of persons themselves: a cabal of powerfullawmakers.-----------------------------

Theory:

noun, plural theories.

1. a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.

2. a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact. Synonyms: idea, notion hypothesis, postulate. Antonyms: practice, verification, corroboration, substantiation.

A theory in technical use is a more or less verified or established explanationaccounting for known facts or phenomena: the theory of relativity. A hypothesis is a conjecture put forth as a possible explanation of phenomena or relations

, which serves as a basis of argument or experimentation to reach the truth: This idea is only a hypothesis.

Science DictionarytheoryA set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena. Most theories that are accepted by scientists have been repeatedly tested byexperiments and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena. See Note at hypothesis.

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