Our 1966 Readers Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary, probably not up to the standards of a Webster, but it does claim to have the blessing of Funk and Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, defines conspiracy as follows.

Conspiracy: 1. An agreeing or planning of two or more persons to do an evil act in concert; also the plan so made. 2. Law- A combination between two or more persons to commit any unlawful act, or to effect a legal purpose by unlawful means. 3. An acting together: a conspiracy of the elements.

It seems to me that possibly both of the first two definitions have been alluded to, if not claimed, by some of the packer and corporate bashers on this site. Or the definition seems to fit what is written about and attributed tothose groups by some people, IMO.

MRJ