How to Use conspiracy in a Sentence

conspiracy

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  • They were accused of conspiracy to commit murder.
  • The CIA uncovered a conspiracy against the government.
  • And if the aim of the conspiracy was to place Pentawere on the throne?
    — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • All face charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2021
  • But this is also a movie that, like a lot of conspiracy thrillers, prods you to look a little deeper at a few things.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
  • The conspiracy offense carried up to five years in prison.
    — Jay Weaver, miamiherald, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The maximum sentence on the conspiracy charge is five years in prison.
    — Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • Now, ‘conspiracy theories’ isn’t the right word, but there were a lot of overblown fears that people had.
    — Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Tarrio and four of his lieutenants in the right-wing group have been charged with seditious conspiracy.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The men ended up with misdemeanor fines but got off on the conspiracy charges.
    — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
  • In addition to the murder and conspiracy charges, Lori was also charged and found guilty of grand theft.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • Rose pleaded guilty in April to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2022

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