ROGER ANDERTON <r.j.ander...@btinternet.com> wrote: definition 2 > > to act in harmony toward a common end > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conspire > > > --> nothing about a conspiracy has to be unlawful or illegal > > > -> not your definition >
You misunderstand. Definition 2 only applies to inanimate objects, as an analogy. : to act in harmony toward a common endCircumstances *conspired* to defeat his efforts.… the sun and the wind *conspired* to make splinters out of solid wood.— B. J. Oliphant No one would say that people engaged in a conspiracy are only "acting in harmony toward a common goal." They have to be secret, and engaged in nefarious conduct, or it ain't a conspiracy. You should stop arguing that words do not mean what everyone knows they mean, and what every dictionary says they mean. It makes you look stupid.
