Thesaurus results for CONSPIRING

conspiring

verb

present participle of conspire

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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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 Last week, Zillow sued MRED and Compass in federal court, accusing them of conspiring to cut off Zillow’s access to MRED’s listings. —

Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 20 May 2026 Peters, 70, was convicted on multiple criminal counts, four of them felonies, for conspiring to let an unauthorized person access supposedly compromised voting equipment. —

Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 The United States charged Castro with conspiring to kill Americans in an attack against civilian pilots who were trying to rescue people fleeing Cuba on rafts, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced at a Wednesday news conference. —

Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 May 2026 All have been accused of conspiring against the government of Nicolás Maduro, said Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s National Assembly and brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez. —

Gustavo Ocando Alex, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 Now, he's pardoned all of these people, despite the fact that they were convicted of violently assaulting police officers, conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States in seditious conspiracy, and so on. —

ABC News, 17 May 2026 He was expected to appear in a New York federal courtroom on Friday on six terrorism charges, including six terrorism charges in New York, including conspiring to provide material support to terrorist groups. —

Louis Casiano , Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 Even if everything inside is ready to battle hot, humid air, your home’s exterior forces may be conspiring against you. —

Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 13 May 2026 The 20-year sentence was the longest handed out under the national security law introduced in 2020, surpassing the 10-year term given to activist Benny Tai, a former law professor who was convicted of conspiring to subvert state power, in November 2024. —

Anniek Bao, CNBC, 12 May 2026

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But soon the 50-year-old character actor will be joining the DCU and plotting to conquer and collect the world as Brainiac, the villain of James Gunn’s Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
An Iraqi man accused of orchestrating nearly 20 terrorist attacks across Europe and plotting attacks on Jewish institutions in the United States has been brought to New York to face federal terrorism charges after what the FBI described as a major international operation.

— Louis Casiano , Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026