counterconspiracy

noun

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as in conspiracy

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  1. conspiracy
  2. intrigue
  3. scheme
  4. subterfuge
  5. counterplot
  6. design
  7. plot
  8. trickery
Noun
  • Just earlier this year with the hurricane in North Carolina there were conspiracies about chemtrails taking place there.
    Tim Marchman, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
  • These included conspiracy to mete out cruel and inhuman treatment to civilian detainees, including U.S. citizens, during the Syrian civil war that began in 2011.
    Kanishka Singh, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of conspiracy
Noun
  • There’s some light spy intrigue in this one, including a training montage and museum heist sequence.
    Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The film continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in ancient Rome.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of intrigue
Noun
  • Ryan Harris, 36, of New Orleans, was among eight people and two law firms that have been charged in what federal prosecutors say was a yearslong scheme of crashing vehicles into tractor-trailers, fleeing while passengers in those vehicles pretended to be the drivers and lying about what happened.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Pacifica came out on its first possession and used a no-huddle, up-tempo scheme to drive 72 yards for a 7-0 lead on Royster’s seven-yard touchdown run.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of scheme
Noun
  • This content, much of it clearly generated by AI rather than intended to deceive—a medium of crude self-expression, not sophisticated subterfuge—may have been the technology’s biggest impact on the 2024 presidential election.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But as the film goes on, those idiosyncrasies reveal themselves to be more like a blend of subterfuge and pleasure, another way for Macrinus to hide his intentions behind a veil.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of subterfuge
Noun
  • Bit by bit, the castle at Elsinore (broodingly rendered by scenic designer Lee Savage) turns into a stage for life-and-death plots and counterplots.
    Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.
    MIKE HALE, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
Definition of counterplot
Noun
  • At present, many IGB designs exist with little difference between them, few of which have been approved by the FDA.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The game is very clearly inspired by Overwatch's overall design, but there's enough distinction between the two for NetEase's game to stand out.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of design
Noun
  • On September 18, the dot plot of median FOMC member forecasts conveyed that Fed members expected the federal funds rate to be at 3.4% at the end of 2025 and 2.9% at the end of 2026.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The Supreme Court’s statement said the police had new evidence suggesting that Braga Netto was involved in securing and delivering financial resources for the coup plot.
    Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of plot
Noun
  • Elegant and the users are never cognizant of the under-the-hood trickery.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Defenses continue to watch film on Darnold, but O'Connell could draw up some trickery by adding Jones to the mix.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of trickery
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