A conspiracy is when people secretly plan together to do something bad or illegal.

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magazine article: Are you convinced that your government is in contact with UFOs? Do you think that President Kennedy was the victim of more than one assassin? Read article

word game: This jigsaw puzzle practises idioms and expressions related to conspiracies. Play game

story: The Trial is a surreal novel by Franz Kafka about a character named Joseph K., who awakens one morning and, for reasons that one never discovers, is arrested and subjected to the rigours of the judicial process for an unspecified crime. Read story

cartoon: "Why do you think Bill and Jack are stupid, Mum?" "Why do you ask that?" See cartoon

poll: "Do you think that the death of Princess Diana was an accident?" See results

trivia: Quote: "All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man". (H. L. Mencken). See more conspiracies trivia

links: Wikipedia: Conspiracy theories See more links

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