All 6 Uses of
conspiracy
in
1984, by Orwell
- Somewhere or other he was still alive and hatching his conspiracies: perhaps somewhere beyond the sea, under the protection of his foreign paymasters, perhaps even — so it was occasionally rumored — in some hiding-place in Oceania itself.†
p. 12.3conspiracies = secret agreements or plots
- Perhaps the rumors of vast underground conspiracies were true after all — perhaps the Brotherhood really existed!†
p. 17.8 *
- It appeared that they had engaged in fresh conspiracies from the very moment of their release.†
p. 77.8
- The conspiracy that he had dreamed of did exist, and he had reached the outer edges of it.†
p. 159.3conspiracy = a secret agreement or plot
- He went on, conscious that what he was saying must sound both feeble and pretentious: 'We believe that there is some kind of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the Party, and that you are involved in it.†
p. 170.2
- And the conspiracy — the organization?†
p. 171.6
Definition:
a secret agreement or plot -- especially to do something illegal or harmful