All six admitted conspiring to steal cars.Demographic changes may also conspire to raise the share of public expenditure.My entire neighbourhood conspired to make him lose.Events conspired to ensure his defeat in the election.Such factors have conspired to add momentum to the drive for even greater central control by government.It was as if all creation conspired here to show people the mystery and the marvel of love.They were conspiring with organized-crime figures to send assassins to Havana, poisoners, snipers, saboteurs.I believe he was conspiring against me to put me in prison.The company was accused of conspiring with local stores to fix prices.Singh said that Pepper conspired with Young to devise the scheme to pass phony checks.That you conspired with him to cheat me.They are jointly accused of conspiring with others to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.So there was nothing harmful in Kent police officers conspiring with criminals to boost clear-up statistics.The manner of McVeigh's death conspired with him to amplify his sense of grandeur.conspire (with somebody) to do something She would not have guessed him a conspiring type.All this has conspired to turn a rich business into a relatively poor one.Every now and then nature conspires to rivet homeowners' attention on a particular maintenance problem.Design and costs conspire to make many working-class' households huddle as they always have - all together in one room.Kevin Maxwell faced two charges of conspiring to defraud pensioners.He had not only denied the fact of his own body, he had actually conspired against it.Berating Park, Carter threatened to continue the withdrawal despite all opposition and accused his aides of conspiring against him.The President called a meeting and accused his aides of conspiring against him.Circumstances were really conspiring against her!.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpus conspire conspire against Emily felt that everything was conspiring against her. 2 TIME/AT THE SAME TIME if events conspire to do something, they happen at the same time and make something bad happen conspire to do something Pollution and neglect have conspired to ruin the city. The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall. conspire against There was some evidence that he had been conspiring against the government. act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose. ○○ verb 1 PLAN to secretly plan with someone else to do something illegal → conspiracy conspire (with somebody) to do something All six men admitted conspiring to steal cars.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English conspire con‧spire / kənˈspaɪə $ -ˈspaɪr /
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