Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Conspirators

Members of a commercial ring or corner. (See Corner, Trusts ) These merchants “conspire” to fix the price of articles, and make the public bleed ad libitum. In criminal law it means persons who league together to do something unlawful.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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