Conspire

co-conspirator

co-conspirator : a fellow conspirator NOTE: Under Federal law, a statement made by a co-conspirator during and to further the conspiracy is admissible as evidence, but there must be other evidence establishing both the conspiracy and the defendant's participation. ...

conspire con·spired con·spir·ing [Latin conspirare to be in harmony, to join in an unlawful agreement, from com- together + spirare to breathe] : to join in a conspiracy compare solicit ...

conspirator

conspirator : one who conspires ...

Conspirators

Conspirators, those who bind themselves by oath, covenant, or other alliance, that each of them shall aid the other falsely and maliciously to indict persons; or falsely to move and maintain pleas, etc., 33 Edw. 1, st. 2. Besides these, there are conspirators in treasonable purposes: as for plotting against the Government....

Conspirer

One who conspires a conspirator...

Conspiringly

In the manner of a conspirator by conspiracy...

Conspirant

Engaging in a plot to commit a crime conspiring...

Jamaican switch

Jamaican switch, means an illegal scheme whereby one conspirator convinces the victim of a need for help in handling a large sum of money, usu. by claiming to be an unsophisticated foreigner and promises to share part of the money with the victim or asks the victim for help in finding a suitable charity to donate to, at which time the other conspirator appears and promises to assist if both the victim and first conspirator provide good-faith money, the intent being for the two conspirators to leave with all the money, including the victim's, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 839....

conspiracy

conspiracy pl: -cies [Latin conspiratio, from conspirare to conspire see conspire ] 1 : an agreement between two or more people to commit an act prohibited by law or to commit a lawful act by means prohibited by law ;also : the crime or tort of participating in a conspiracy compare substantive crime NOTE: Some states require an overt act in addition to the agreement to constitute conspiracy. chain conspiracy : a conspiracy in which the conspirators act separately and successively (as in distributing narcotics) civil conspiracy : a conspiracy that is not prosecuted as a crime but that forms the grounds for a lawsuit criminal conspiracy : a conspiracy prosecuted as a crime 2 : a group of conspirators ...

Bribe

Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him to disregard his official duty or betray his trust for the benefit of the giver. It is a misdemeanour at common law for a public officer, whether judicial or ministerial, to accept a bribe, or for such an officer to conspire with others that he shall receive such a bribe, Rex v. Whitaker, (1914) 3 KB 1283. It has long been settled law that the secret profits of an agent belong to his principal: see De Busche v. Alt, (1878) 8 Ch D 286. The acceptance of a secret commission from the other side to a negotiation justifies the dismissal of the agent receiving it, Boston Deep Sea Fishery v. Ansell, (1888) 39 Ch D 339. The bribery of an agent avoids a contract: see Shipway v. Broadwood, (1899) 1 QB 369, where a veterinary surgeon employed to test horses by the purchaser had passed them after acceptance of a bribe from the seller. In such a case it is an immaterial inquiry to what extent the br...

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