Word of the Day : Conspiracy

con·spir·a·cy /knŠspirsÎ/ *N. (pl. -ies) a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful: a conspiracy to
destroy the government.

the action of plotting or conspiring: they were cleared of conspiracy to pervert
the course of justice.

PHRASES:
a conspiracy of silence an agreement to say nothing about
an issue that should be generally known.