conspire against (something or someone)

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conspire against (something or someone)

To join together in force or combine in such a way as to foil or defeat someone or something. The wind and rain conspired against our plans for an outdoor barbecue. His two younger brothers conspired against him to have him removed from the head of the company. The group was arrested for conspiring against the monarch.
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His men conspire against him, confine him a long time to his cabin, and set him on shore in an unknown land.
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Nafisa Shah said that Nawaz Sharif himself has been a conspirator so who would conspire against him? She proceeded to say that how can one forget the role Nawaz Sharif played in ending the government of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
Dr. Nafisa Shah responds to Ahsan Iqbal
The second series of the Emmy-winning Prohibition epic picks up on Valentine's Day 1921, as the closest allies of Treasurer Nucky (Steve Buscemi) conspire against him. His protg Jimmy (Michael Pitt) and brother Sheriff Eli (Shea Whigham) are plotting to overthrow him.
Atlantic crossing
RALPH BECKETT'S Johnny Jumpup had circumstances conspire against him when last of seven behind Silent Name in the Listed Prix de Saint-Patrick at Deauville yesterday, writes Desmond Stoneham.
France: Beckett fumes at Johnny run
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