Noun

• S: (n) cabal, faction, junto, camarilla (a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue)
• S: (n) conspiracy, cabal (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))

Verb

• S: (v) conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate (engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together) "They conspired to overthrow the government"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) coconspire (conspire together) "The two men coconspired to cover up the Federal investigation"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) conspirative [Related to: conspire] (relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators) "a conspiratorial whisper"; "the discovery of possible conspirative codes"
• W: (n) conspirator [Related to: conspire] (a member of a conspiracy)
• W: (n) conspiracy [Related to: conspire] (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
• W: (n) cabal [Related to: cabal] (a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot))
• W: (n) machination [Related to: machinate] (a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends)
• W: (n) machinator [Related to: machinate] (a member of a conspiracy)
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