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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)]]. |
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* 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". |
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*[[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: |
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* [[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: |
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* [[List of conspiracy theories]] |
* [[List of conspiracy theories]] |
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*[[List of proven conspiracies]] |
* [[List of proven conspiracies]] |
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* [[Conspiracy theories (a collection)]] |
* [[Conspiracy theories (a collection)]] |
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* [[Conspiracies in fiction]] |
* [[Conspiracies in fiction]] |
Revision as of 22:06, 23 December 2005
- 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, 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 proven conspiracies
- Conspiracy theories (a collection)
- Conspiracies in fiction
External links
- Conspiracy Network
- Daily Conspiracy Theories
- Conspiracy Links
- Conspiracy Forums
- Make Your Own Conspiracy Theory
- Some videos defending differents conspiracy theories
- Conspiracy Forums
- Conspiracy Central Forums
- Israeli conspiracy theorist
- Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Theories
- Conspiracy, a Hungarian demogroup.
- The Great Conspiracy, a barbarian assault on Roman Britain
- KGB (computer game), a 1992 computer game also known as Conspiracy.
- Conspiracy (album), an album by a heavy metal group called King Diamond.
- Conspiracy (TNG episode), the name of an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Conspiracy (film), the name of a television film about the Wannsee conference.
- For the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar see conspiracy (Caesar)