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*As a legal term, a '''conspiracy''' is an agreement of two or more people to commit a crime: see [[conspiracy (crime)]], or to accomplish a legal end through illegal actions: see [[conspiracy (civil)]].
* As a legal term, a '''conspiracy''' is an agreement of two or more people to commit a crime: see [[conspiracy (crime)]], or to accomplish a legal end through illegal actions: see [[conspiracy (civil)]].
* In common, non-legal usage, "conspiring” is the act of working in secret to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. Etymologically, the term comes from Latin con- "with, together", and spirare "to breathe".
*[[Conspiracy theory]], a theory that defies common historical or current understanding of events, under the claim that those events are the result of manipulations by one or more secretive powers. For instances of specific conspiracy theories, see:
* [[Conspiracy theory]], either any hypothesis that alleges a group secretly working together usually for an illegal or wrongful purpose or a collection of folklore and rumor similar to urban legend. For instances of specific conspiracy theories, see:
* [[List of conspiracy theories]]
* [[List of conspiracy theories]]
*[[List of proven conspiracies]]
* [[List of proven conspiracies]]
* [[Conspiracy theories (a collection)]]
* [[Conspiracy theories (a collection)]]
* [[Conspiracies in fiction]]
* [[Conspiracies in fiction]]

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