- A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement,
between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason;
a plot. - A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances,
to one event, as if by agreement. - An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by
which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use
unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.