Act secretly in union (8)

I believe the answer is:

conspire

(Other definitions for conspire that I've seen before include "Act secretly with others" , "scheme" , "Secretly plan together" , "Plot together - on prices (anag)" , "Plot secretly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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