What word means making plans secretly?

What word means making plans secretly?

connive. verb. to plan secretly, especially to do something that is illegal or immoral.

What is it called when you help a criminal?

Complicity is the act of helping or encouraging another individual to commit a crime. It is also commonly referred to as aiding and abetting. But, even though an accomplice does not actually commit the crime, his or her actions helped someone in the commission of the crime.

What is a secret plot?

noun. a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.

What does conspiring mean?

: plot, contrive. intransitive verb. 1a : to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or an act which becomes unlawful as a result of the secret agreement accused of conspiring to overthrow the government conspired to monopolize and restrict trade.