Confederacy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A union of persons, parties, or states; a league.
  • n. The persons, parties, or states joined in such a union.
  • n. The Confederate States of America.
  • n. A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an alliance
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.
  • n. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation.
  • n. A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy.
  • n. With the, the Confederate States of America.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A contract between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or joint action of any kind; a compact, league, or alliance.
  • n. An aggregation of persons, parties, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation.
  • n. In law, a combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act; a conspiracy.
  • n. Confederated action; coöperation; concurrence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
  • n. a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
  • n. a union of political organizations
  • n. a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
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    conspiracy   
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    alliance    compact    association    union    combination    league    confederation    conspiracy   
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