All 11 Uses
conspiracy
in
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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- The trouble with conspiracies is that they rot internaily.†
Chpt 5 *conspiracies = secret agreements or plots
- As to basic structure, a revolution starts as a conspiracy therefore structure is small, secret, and organized as to minimize damage by betrayal—since there always are betrayals.†
Chpt 5conspiracy = a secret agreement or plot
- I was upset at what appeared to be your indiscretion—a weakness a member of a conspiracy must never have, especially one at the top, as you are.†
Chpt 6
- Was not member of conspiracy when I fed that recording into Mike—and not now unless somebody quotes odds better than those so far!†
Chpt 6
- Then Wyoh borrowed Liberty Cap and put on me and kissed me into conspiracy, officially this time, and so all out that my eldest wife would faint did she see—then she took hat and put on Prof and gave him same treatment and I was glad Mike had reported his heart okay.†
Chpt 7
- So I missed warning her, was new to conspiracy.†
Chpt 8
- But telling Mum—taking her into my subcell, should say, to become leader of own cell in turn—taking Mum into conspiracy was not case of husband who can't keep from blurting everything to his wife.†
Chpt 8
- Once Mike joined conspiracy, switching was no problem.†
Chpt 9
- I began to learn techniques of conspiracy and to appreciate Prof's feeling that revolution could be an art.†
Chpt 9
- Prof had emphasized that stickiest problems in conspiracy are communications and security, and had pointed out that they conflict—easier are communications, greater is risk to security; if security is tight, organization can be paralyzed by safety precautions.†
Chpt 9
- If she ever assumed I was in conspiracy she never showed it.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(conspiracy) a secret agreement or plot -- especially to do something illegal or harmful
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)