conspiratorial
Example Sentences
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The trouble with most theories about conspiratorial schemes—the weird ones of 4chan and the specious ones of the faculty lounges—is that they arise from motivated reasoning.
Then he smiled, this conspiratorial grown-up smile that made the backstage fluorescents feel warmer.
From Salon
Although she renounced some of her past conspiratorial views, the House voted to remove her from her committee assignments shortly after she took office.
From BBC
“What we’re seeing with this phenomenon is that people with either conspiratorial or grandiose delusional thinking get reinforced.”
From Los Angeles Times
While they were busy at their task, he approached Penelope, a greedy, conspiratorial look in his eye.
From Literature
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