How to Use conspiracy in a Sentence

conspiracy

noun
  • They were accused of conspiracy to commit murder.
  • The CIA uncovered a conspiracy against the government.
  • Lewis-Martin is being charged with bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Nine of the eleven defendants were arraigned on charges of trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to violate the drug laws, officials said.
    Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The far-right movement picked up momentum from conspiracy theories that grew during the pandemic and gained strength from QAnon.
    Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Patton's accidental death after a life of combat … has fueled conspiracy theories for more than 75 years.
    Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • He was later arrested following the communist takeover of Hungary and convicted for conspiracy to spy.
    Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
  • If convicted, Pourhassan faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each securities fraud and wire fraud count, and five years in prison on the conspiracy count.
    oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The officer who drove the second vehicle, Andrew Zabavsky, was found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • And if the aim of the conspiracy was to place Pentawere on the throne?
    National Geographic, 16 July 2019
  • The pair could face up to five years in jail on conspiracy charges and up to 20 years on each of the two counts of wire fraud.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The conspiracy charge carried up to five years in prison and the smuggling charge up to 20 years.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Holmes is charged with nine counts of fraud and two counts of conspiracy.
    NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Sisk pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in April and faced up to five years in prison.
    Trisha Powell Crain | Tcrain@al.com, al, 20 July 2022
  • There were two different types of conspiracy crime in the case against the men.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
  • This may seem like a stretch; cake and conspiracy are hardly the same thing.
    Maggie Cao, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Price also faces up to five years in prison for the conspiracy.
    Allan Vought, The Aegis, 29 June 2018
  • Alex: But this mystery has spilled out of the right-wing conspiracy sphere.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 24 May 2023
  • The jury found Holmes guilty of four of the charges — three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • She was charged with 10 counts of wire fraud -- one of which was dropped -- and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    Miles Cohen, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Amin Khoury was found not guilty Thursday of two counts: bribery, and fraud and bribery conspiracy.
    Melissa Korn, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • Holmes, 37, is charged with nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    Miles Cohen, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Holmes faces nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Pruitt was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health-care fraud.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The judge later dismissed nine counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against the pair.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But the bodies, which have not been victims of the fury of the river, appear with strange scars that point to a dark conspiracy.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Holmes, 37, is charged with 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • In the year since the attack, many have plunged into new fights and new conspiracy theories sown in the bloody chaos of that day.
    New York Times, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Picky, picky, picky, as the pro-conspiracy hecklers might say.
    Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Just earlier this year with the hurricane in North Carolina there were conspiracies about chemtrails taking place there.
    Tim Marchman, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024

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