CONSPIRACY, CONSPIRATOR, CONSPIRE, CONSPIRING
ADJECTIVES
► CONSPIRATIOUS addicted to conspiring → 1652 obs.
► IN CAHOOTS WITH conspiring or planning with someone → 1829 US sl.
NOUNS
► CABAL a conspiracy; a secret intrigue; a conspiracy; petty plotting → E17 arch.
► FRAME a (criminal) conspiracy or plot → 1911 sl., orig. US
► HACKLE a conspiracy, cabal → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MONOPOLE an unlawful gathering; a conspiracy; a faction → 1550 obs.
► PACK a conspiracy; a plot; an intrigue; a private or clandestine arrangement, pact, or compact; a secret or underhand design agreed upon by two or more persons → 1571 obs.
► READY ► READY-UP a conspiracy; a swindle, fraud → 1924 Aust. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CABALIST ► CABBALIST a conspirator; a person who cabals, or adheres to any cabal; a secret intriguer or plotter → 1642 obs.
► CABALLER a conspirator; a person who cabals or intrigues; one who enters into plots and intrigues to disturb and change the administration of any government → 1686
► HIGHBINDER a political conspirator or blackmailer → Bk1913 Western Can. sl.
► PACKER a conspirator; a plotter; a confederate in a fraudulent design → 1771 obs.
► PRACTISANT a conspirator; a schemer; a plotter → 1550 obs.
VERBS
► FANIGLE ► FINAGLE to conspire; to plot and plan; to arrange something → 1926 colloq., orig, US
► HACKLE to conspire, agree together → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► PACK to conspire; to plot, to scheme, to intrigue; to enter into a private arrangement; to agree in a secret or underhand design → a1529 obs.
► ROW IN to conspire; to act in a group → 1897 sl.