* [**Conspiracy** - a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/conspiracy?q=conspiracy)

* [**Theory** - a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/theory?q=theory)

* [**Conspiracy Theory** - a *hypothesis* that some covert but influential organization is responsible for a circumstance or event](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/conspiracy-theory?q=conspiracy+theory)



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<div class="md"><ul>
<li><p><a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/conspiracy?q=conspiracy"><strong>Conspiracy</strong> - a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/theory?q=theory"><strong>Theory</strong> - a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/conspiracy-theory?q=conspiracy+theory"><strong>Conspiracy Theory</strong> - a <em>hypothesis</em> that some covert but influential organization is responsible for a circumstance or event</a></p></li>
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