Thank you for bringing this fact up. "conspiracy to commit x" is an extremely common charge in our legal system. The Orwellification of the word is such that,

Thank you for bringing this fact up. "conspiracy to commit x" is an extremely common charge in our legal system. The Orwellification of the word is such that, only when we try to apply this term to the powerful do we suddenly become crazy kooks, despite the fact that the powerful are often the ones with the motive, and certainly the means, to engage in conspiracy.