conspire

On-Yomi: ボウ、ム — Kun-Yomi: はか.る、たばか.る、はかりごと

Koohii stories:

1) [sweetneet] 7-9-2006(240): I imagine a clique of catty girls conspiring against a another girl…they are exchanging lots of words, chatting about how so-and-so girl is now up to such-and-such (gasp!), and how they will spread the word about it.

2) [CountPacula] 2-8-2008(37): Talking about so and so behind their back.

3) [mantixen] 10-7-2009(29): When you conspire against someone, you use the word "so-and-so" in case they or one of their friends are listening.

4) [erikkusan] 23-3-2006(15): You might hear the words of someone conspiring… "If you do so-and-so…".

5) [Django] 30-9-2007(10): Yes, it was indeed Socrates who conspired with the Oompaloompas to send Willy Wonka up that tree.