What is Conspiracy (criminal)?
Under [[criminal law]], '''conspiracy''' is agreeing between two or more people to commit a [[crime]] sometime in the future.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Crime of Conspiracy is a Complicated Matter|publisher=About.com|url=http://crime.about.com/od/Crime_101/f/What-Is-A-Conspiracy.htm|access-date=May 20, 2021|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821114241/http://crime.about.com/od/Crime_101/f/What-Is-A-Conspiracy.htm|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Examples of conspiracy include conspiracy to commit [[fraud]], conspiracy to [[kidnapping|kidnap]] or conspiracy to commit [[murder]]. Conspiracy [[law]] usually does not need proof of specific intent by defendants to hurt any specific person to establish an illegal agreement.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Crime of Conspiracy|publisher=The Law Shelf|url=https://lawshelf.com/shortvideoscontentview/criminal-conspiracy|access-date=May 20, 2021}}</ref> Conspirators could be guilty even if they do not know the identity of the other conspiracy members. Conspiracy against the [[United States]] is a [[federal crime in the United States|federal offense]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Crime]]