All 4 Uses of
conspiracy
in
Gone with the Wind
- It was a secret he would never learn, for everyone from Ellen down to the stupidest field hand was in a tacit and kindly conspiracy to keep him believing that his word was law.†
Chpt 1.2
- No one ever told her anything really shocking or scandalous, for her spinster state must be protected even if she was sixty years old, and her friends were in a kindly conspiracy to keep her a sheltered and petted old child.†
Chpt 2.8
- It was this happy feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Scarlett winked slyly at Frank and, for all his distress at the bad news he had just heard, he smiled, knowing she was enjoining silence and making him one in a pleasant conspiracy.†
Chpt 4.35
Definition:
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(conspiracy) a secret agreement or plot -- especially to do something illegal or harmful