Confederacy - Definition
confederacy
n 1: the southern states that seceded from the United States in
1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States,
Confederate States of America, South, Dixie,
Dixieland]
2: a union of political organizations [syn: confederation,
confederacy, federation]
3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some
harmful or illegal purpose [syn: conspiracy, confederacy]
4: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an
unlawful act [syn: conspiracy, confederacy]