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.
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He was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit obstruction.
— Deena Zaru, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024 -
The new charges include securities fraud and conspiracy fraud counts.
— Harold Maass, The Week, 24 Feb. 2023 -
He was acquitted on seven counts, including all of the charges related to conspiracy.
— Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2023 -
Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in loans.
— Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023 -
Glasgow also pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Police tracked the device to two suspects who reportedly were arrested and charged with crimes that included conspiracy and identity theft.
— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2024 -
And if the aim of the conspiracy was to place Pentawere on the throne?
— National Geographic, 16 July 2019 -
The first trial ended with deadlocked juries and a second trial, which focused much less on the abuse claims, ended in the conviction of both brothers on two counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder.
— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
It’s not just a ruse for these conspiracy groups to raise money, but also to raise hell.
— Jeffrey Glassberg, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2022
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