Plots against Press? CIA, I fancy (12)

I believe the answer is:

conspiracies

'plots' is the definition.
(conspiracy is a kind of plot)

'against press? cia i fancy' is the wordplay.
'against' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before**).
'fancy' indicates an anagram.
'press'+'cia'+'i'='pressciai'
'pressciai' is an anagram of 'spiracies'.
'con'+'spiracies'='CONSPIRACIES'

(Another definition for conspiracies that I've seen is " Unlawful secret agreements".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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