An agreement between two or more persons to commit a criminal act. Those forming the conspiracy are called conspirators.
A combination of two or more persons formed for the purpose of committing by joint collaboration some unlawful act.
Frequently used by theorists with unsupported claims and anti-social ideas. Use only to describe logical and proven combinations of unlawful elements for unlawful purposes. Words such as criminals, cabals, henchmen, gangsters, cliques and machinations more accurately describe anti-American and anti-Nationalist elements.
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
a an agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act
a combination of men for an evil purpose, more especially an unlawful plot to overthrow a government
a combination of persons to accomplish an unlawful purpose or a lawful purpose by unlawful means
a combination of two or more persons to accomplish an unlawful end or to accomplish a lawful end by unlawful means
a combination of two or more persons to accomplish, by concerted action, some unlawful objective by either lawful or unlawful means
a combination of two or more persons to do a criminal or unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by criminal or Unlawful means
a combination or confederation between two or more persons formed for the purpose of committing a criminal act through their joint efforts
a "combination or confedera- tion of two or more persons formed for the purpose of committing, by their joint efforts, a criminal act
a common scheme or plan plus an intent to accomplish an unlawful purpose (Glasser v
a covert agreement between two or more individuals to achieve what would be perceived by most as a illegal, immoral or unethical act - many of these throughout history have been documented and many of them are as yet undocumented
a deliberate bending of the truth to a "higher" purpose
a distinct crime from the overt acts that sup- port it
a fancy legal word for agreeing to do something that's illegal
a joining together of people with a common purpose, under a tacit or implied (read non-existent) agreement to do harm
a kind of criminal partnership-- an agreement between two or more persons to com- mit one or more crimes
an action in concert by two or more persons to gain an illegal end, or a legal end by illegal means
an agreement between two or more people to carry out a criminal purpose, whether that purpose is an end in itself or a means to an end
an agreement between two or more people to join together to attempt to accomplish some unlawful purpose
an agreement between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act
an agreement to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act by unlawful means
an agreement with another person to commit a crime
an understanding or agreement to perform a misleading, often illegal or deceitful act involving one or numerous people
a partnership in criminal purposes
a plan to carry out a criminal scheme together with a substantial step toward carrying out the plan
a plot/plan and the persons who secretly act together to implement it
a secret agreement to spring an illegal surprise
a secret plan or agreement
The coming together of two or more people for the purpose of committing an unlawful act or to commit a lawful act by unlawful means.
Criminal act that requires no act other than communication.
Is: an agreement by two or more people to commit a crime; or some people acting together and harming a third party.
the collusion of two or more people in the commission of a crime.
basically this is an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime. Conspiracy is a crime in its own right and you can be convicted of conspiracy to commit a crime even though the crime itself was never actually committed.
Two or more people joining together for the purpose of committing an unlawful act.
In common usage, is the act of working in secret to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. As a legal term, conspiracy has historically been defined as an agreement of two or more people to commit a crime, or to accomplish a legal end through illegal actions.
In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more natural persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. There is no limit on the number participating in the conspiracy and, in most countries, no requirement that any steps have been taken to put the plan into effect (compare attempts which require proximity to the full offence). For the purposes of concurrence, the actus reus is a continuing one and parties may join "the plot" later and incur joint liability and conspiracy can be charged where the co-conspirators have been acquitted and/or cannot be traced.
In the law of tort, the legal elements necessary to establish a civil conspiracy are substantially the same as for establishing a criminal conspiracy, i.e. there is an agreement between two or more natural persons to break the law at some time in the future or to achieve a lawful aim by unlawful means. The criminal law often requires one of the conspirators to take an overt step to accomplish the illegal act to demonstrate the reality of their intention to break the law, whereas in a civil conspiracy, an overt act towards accomplishing the wrongful goal may not be required. Etymologically, the term comes from Latin con- "with, together", and spirare "to breathe".