counterconspiracy

noun

Definition of counterconspiracynext
as in conspiracy

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  1. conspiracy
  2. intrigue
  3. scheme
  4. subterfuge
  5. counterplot
  6. design
  7. plot
  8. trickery
Noun
  • Kennedy has pushed a number of public health conspiracies, most prominently around vaccines, and has advocated for other positions that are generally out of the mainstream, such as more availability of unpasteurized milk.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Now, three city and county officials have been named in a federal indictment on conspiracy and bribery charges.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of conspiracy
Noun
  • Perhaps the greater intrigue nationally lies with Arizona’s nail-biter U.S. House race between Kirsten Engel and Juan Ciscomani, which could help determine whether Trump has a Republican trifecta to work with, or whether the House could become his policy stopper.
    Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The intrigue: Aquaria isn't the only company building atmospheric water generators.
    Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of intrigue
Noun
  • Pietro La Greca Jr’s memoir Pesos: The Rise and Fall of a Border Family tells the story of an Italian immigrant and con man who ran Mexico’s biggest money laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country’s history.
    Peter White, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In the 2000s, federal agents deduced that the company was a mere front for a complex money laundering scheme.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of scheme
Noun
  • Putin’s ties to social media What Putin lacks as a military leader, the former KGB secret agent makes up for in subterfuge.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
  • When Lorraine’s cocoon of wealth begins to crack after Dot’s subterfuge, Wayne’s injuries, Roy’s threats, and Danish’s disappearance, Leigh centers the Queen of Debt’s humanizing concern.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
Definition of subterfuge
Noun
  • Bit by bit, the castle at Elsinore (broodingly rendered by scenic designer Lee Savage) turns into a stage for life-and-death plots and counterplots.
    Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.
    MIKE HALE, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
Definition of counterplot
Noun
  • This puzzle is from a separate experiment and the design differs from the puzzle used in a PLOS Biology paper published November 14, 2024.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • No matter the design, the headphones only come with a couple of accessories, including a USB-C charging cable and a case.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of design
Noun
  • The plot of land is in Starr County, about 35 miles west of McAllen, Texas.
    Armando Garcia, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The plot centers on Scott Pilgrim, a Canadian indie rock slacker who falls in love with a girl named Ramona Flowers and then has to fight her seven evil exes in video game-style battles.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of plot
Noun
  • The documentary never suitably addresses any of this, nor Goode’s trickery.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
  • While sudden incidents wrest the plot in new directions, the film is driven less by perverse narrative trickery than by the arbitrary cruelty of fate or the volatility of human nature.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of trickery
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