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221 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CATILINISM.1 (Noah Webster)

CATILINISM, n. The practices of Catiline, the Roman conspirator; conspiracy.

222 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COLLUDE.1 (Noah Webster)

COLLUDE, v.i. To play into the hand of each other; to conspire in a fraud; to act in concert.

223 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COLLUDER.1 (Noah Webster)

COLLUDER, n. One who conspires in a fraud.

224 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COLLUDING.1 (Noah Webster)

COLLUDING, ppr. Conspiring with another in a fraud.

225 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMBINATION.2 (Noah Webster)

… to conspiracy. We say, a combination of men to overthrow government, or a combination to resist oppression.

226 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOT.1 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOT, n. A plotting together; a joint plot; a plot; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.

227 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOT.3 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOT, v.t. To plot together; to conspire; to form a plot; to join in a secret design, generally criminal.

228 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOTMENT.1 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOTMENT, n. A plotting together; conspiracy.

229 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOTTER.1 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOTTER, n. One joined in a plot; a conspirator.

230 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLOTTING.1 (Noah Webster)

COMPLOTTING, ppr. Plotting together; conspiring; contriving an evil design or crime.

231 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPOUND.35 (Noah Webster)

5. Compound motion, is that which is effected by two or more conspiring powers, acting in different but not in opposite directions.

232 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONJURE.1 (Noah Webster)

CONJURE, v.t. [L., to swear together, to conspire.]

233 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONJURE.4 (Noah Webster)

2. To bind two or more by an oath; to unite in a common design. Hence intransitively, to conspire. [Not usual.]

235 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRACY.2 (Noah Webster)

… a conspiracy against the life of a king; a conspiracy against the government.

236 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRACY.3 (Noah Webster)

More than forty had made this conspiracy. Acts 23:13 .

237 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRANT.1 (Noah Webster)

CONSPIRANT, a. [L.] Conspiring; plotting; engaging in a plot to commit a crime.

238 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRATION.1 (Noah Webster)

CONSPIRATION, n. Conspiracy; agreement or concurrence of things to one end.

240 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSPIRATOR.2 (Noah Webster)

1. One who conspires; one who engages in a plot to commit a crime, particularly treason.