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confederacy

 
Dictionary: con·fed·er·a·cy   (kən-fĕd'ər-ə-sē) pronunciation
n., pl., -cies.
    1. A union of persons, parties, or states; a league.
    2. The persons, parties, or states joined in such a union.
    3. Confederacy The Confederate States of America.
  1. A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.

[Middle English confederacie, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin cōnfoederātiō, cōnfoederātiōn-, agreement, from cōnfoederātus, past participle of confoederāre, to unite. See confederate.]


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noun

    An association, especially of nations for a common cause: alliance, Anschluss, bloc, cartel, coalition, confederation, federation, league, organization, union. See connect, group, politics.

Law Encyclopedia: Confederacy
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The association or banding together of two or more persons for the purpose of committing an act or furthering an enterprise that is forbidden by law, or that, though lawful in itself, becomes unlawful when made the object of the confederacy. More commonly called a conspiracy. The union of two or more independent states for the purpose of common safety or a furtherance of their mutual goals.

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Confederacy may refer to:

A Confederation, an association of sovereign states or communities. Examples include:

Fictional Confederacies

See also

  • A Confederacy of Dunces, a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980
  • Confederate Motor Company, an American manufacturer of motorcycles
  • Federacy, where one or several states or regions enjoy considerably more independence than the majority
  • Federation, a union comprising a number of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forbund, alliance, sammensværgelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
confederatie, complot

Français (French)
n. - (Pol) confédération, conspiration

Deutsch (German)
n. - Staatenbund, Konföderation, Bündnis, Verschwörung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνασπισμός, ομοσπονδία, συνωμοσία, συμμορία, κλίκα, (ΗΠΑ, ιστ.) οι αποσχισθείσες νότιες Πολιτείες (1860-61)

Italiano (Italian)
confederazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confederação (f)

Русский (Russian)
конфедерация

Español (Spanish)
n. - confederación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - allians, sammansvärjning, konfederation

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
联盟, 邦联

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 聯盟, 邦聯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동맹, 연맹국, 공동모의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 連合, 連盟, 連邦

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اتحاد, حلف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התאגדות של מדינות, ברית, קופדרציה, קשירת קשר למטרה רעה‬


 
 
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